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despatching

verb

Meaning

  1. To send (a shipment) with promptness.
  2. To send (a person) away hastily.
  3. To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
  4. To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
  5. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
  6. To rid; to free.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

send off(English)dispatch(English)communique(English)shipment(English)dispatching(English)mailing(English)sending(English)shipping(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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