dispatch

Definition

  • verb: to send (someone or something) quickly to a particular place for a particular purpose
  • verb: to send off or away with promptness or speed
  • synonyms: accelerate, accomplish, accomplished fact

Examples

  • She easily 'dispatched' [=(more commonly) 'beat'] her opponent.

  • The hotel 'dispatched' a limo to pick us up from the airport.

  • Rescue workers were immediately 'dispatched' to the area.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...of worthless desert at incredible prices. That doesn't seem to make sense. The world doesn't make sense. You ought to know that. Look at this dispatch from Addis Ababa. people break into a museum at night, kill two people, and what do they take? A worthless piece of meteorite. (..)
    1978 Superman