dispatch


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dispatch
v. send off quickly; dismiss; eliminate; kill; conclude with speed and efficiency
 
n. sending off, shipment; message, communication; promptness

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dispatch

Noun
1. an official report (usually sent in haste)
(synonym) despatch, communique
(hypernym) report, news report, story, account, write up
(part-meronym) dateline
(derivation) despatch, send off
2. the act of sending off something
(synonym) despatch, shipment
(hypernym) departure, going, going away, leaving
(hyponym) reshipment
3. the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
(synonym) despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
(hypernym) celerity, quickness, rapidity
4. killing a person or animal
(synonym) despatch
(hypernym) killing, kill, putting to death
(derivation) murder, slay, hit, bump off, polish off, remove

Verb
1. send away towards a designated goal
(synonym) despatch, send off
(hypernym) transport, send, ship
(hyponym) bundle off
(derivation) despatch, communique
2. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
(synonym) discharge, complete
(hypernym) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
3. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
(synonym) murder, slay, hit, bump off, polish off, remove
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) burke
(derivation) despatch
4. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned"
(hypernym) act, move
(derivation) despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
5. kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
(hypernym) kill
(derivation) despatch


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dispatch
v. vyslat; odeslat
 
n. vyslání; depeše; zpráva

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dispatch
Czas. wysyłać; ekspediować