dispatch
/dɪˈspætʃ/US /dɪˈspætʃ/dispatch
VERBDefinition of dispatch
If you dispatch people or equipment somewhere, you send them there to do a particular task.
Example: The government has reportedly dispatched elite army troops to Baghdad.
If you dispatch a message, package, etc., you send it.
Example: Before long, Edison was regularly dispatching instructions to his lab up north.
If you dispatch a living thing, you kill it.
Example: If the immune system has seen the viruses before, it can dispatch them swiftly.
A dispatch is a message or report sent by a someone in a distant location.
Example: The New York Times ran 10 stories on Rwanda, half of them brief wire service dispatches.
Dispatch is part of an emergency response system, such as police or ambulance, which sends personnel to deal with emergencies.
Example: When dispatch couldn't contact him, they called and asked me to check on him.
dispatch
EXAMPLESExamples of dispatch
The government has reportedly dispatched elite army troops to Baghdad.
Example sentenceVietnam dispatched ships and aircraft Saturday to the mouth of the Gulf of Thailand.
Example sentenceBefore long, Edison was regularly dispatching instructions to his lab up north.
Example sentenceIf the immune system has seen the viruses before, it can dispatch them swiftly.
Example sentenceHis men swiftly dispatched any French prisoners by beheading them.
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