dispatch

Send off quickly

As a verb (second syllable stressed), dispatch has a meaning similar to send in the sense of send someone to do something: An elite SWAT team was dispatched to intervene in the standoff.

As a noun (first syllable stressed), dispatch designates a message or an update about a situation.

Dispatch can also mean the act of sending something (Dispatch of the documents was delayed), or it can stand for promptness and efficiency (She handled the difficult project with dispatch).

killing

slay

Destroy or impress greatly

finish off · liquidate · put down · euthanize · kill · dispose of · do away with · termination · hit · rub out

sending

courier

Delivery person or service

parcel · mail · carrier · consignment · freight · package · express · postal · postage · tracking

speed

haste

Excessive quickness

expedition · swiftness · efficiency · urgency · briskness · quickness · rapidity · swift · expeditious · without delay

message

communique

Official public announcement

cable · missive · correspondence · notification · announcement · dateline · cablegram · briefing · directive · orders

execution

coordination

Organized cooperative movement

operation · handling · management · completion · fulfillment · processing · carrying out · task · assignment · workflow

journalism

correspondent

Journalist covering distant events

field report · news desk · foreign correspondent · war correspondent · filing · deadline · coverage · press · newsroom · byline

Categories
Opposites
sending vs. receiving

dispatchreceive

Accept something offered

accept · retain · obtain · acquire · collect

speed and promptness

dispatchdelay

Enforced waiting period

postpone · procrastinate · defer · dawdle · dally

killing vs. preserving life

dispatchrevive

Restore consciousness or vigor

resuscitate · resurrect · save · restore · animate

Phrases
Family

dispatched, dispatching, dispatcher, dispatches, dispatchers, dispatch box, dispatch rider

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G