despatch (n.)

  1. an official report (usually sent in haste)

    [ Syn: dispatch , communique ]

  2. the property of being prompt and efficient; it was done with dispatch

    [ Syn: dispatch , expedition , expeditiousness ]

  3. killing a person or animal

    [ Syn: dispatch ]

  4. the act of sending off something

    [ Syn: dispatch , shipment ]

    despatch (v.)

  1. send away towards a designated goal

    [ Syn: dispatch , send off ]

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