despatching

Forwarding with urgency

Despatching is the British spelling of dispatching—sending something or someone off to a destination, or dealing with a task promptly.

A company despatches goods to customers; an office despatches urgent messages.

The spelling is interchangeable with dispatching in British English, though dispatching dominates in American usage.

sending

shipping

Transporting goods to destinations

freight · delivery · consignment · postage · forwarding · transportation · carrier · tracking · airmail · package

urgency

expediting

Making progress faster

speedy · prompt · immediate · priority · accelerated · time-sensitive · quick · fast-track · pressing · deadline

killing

slaying

Act of killing

assassination · extermination · liquidation · termination · culling · euthanasia · putting down · finishing off · destroying

completion

concluding

Bringing to an end

settling · resolving · finalizing · accomplishing · closure · ending · processing · handling

Opposites
direction of sending/receiving

despatchingreceiving

Acquiring what's sent

accepting · taking in · collecting · obtaining · acquiring

action versus inaction in delivery

despatchingretaining

Holding onto still

holding · keeping · withholding · storing · hoarding

Family

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