dispatch
- Verb. To send a shipment with promptness.
- Verb. To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness.
- Verb. To hurry.
- Verb. (obsolete) To deprive.
- Verb. To destroy quickly and efficiently.
- Verb. (computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (''computing'', often with '''to''').
- Noun. A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
- Noun. The act of getting rid of something quickly.
- Noun. A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
- Noun. (obsolete) A dismissal.
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