dispatch

/dɪspˈætʃ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an official report (usually sent in haste)
2. the act of sending off something
3. the property of being prompt and efficient
   “it was done with dispatch”
4. killing a person or animal

verb

1. send away towards a designated goal
2. complete or carry out
   “discharge one's duties”
3. kill intentionally and with premeditation
   “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”
4. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
   “He dispatched the task he was assigned”
5. kill without delay
   “the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators”

Synonyms for dispatch

• despatch
• communique
• shipment
• expedition
• expeditiousness
• send off
• discharge
• complete
• murder
• slay
• hit
• bump off
• off
• polish off
• remove

Words that rhyme with dispatch

• catch
• match
• scratch
• patch
• hatch
• snatch
• attach
• thatch
• batch
• detach
• latch
• mismatch
• potlatch
• rematch
• bache
• brach
• bratsch
• cumberbatch
• drach
• flach
• gach
• gatch
• grzywacz
• hach
• krach
• lach
• lache
• latsch
• mache
• matsch