Synonyms of dispatching

dispatching

verb

present participle of dispatch

1

as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

dispatched a messenger with urgent news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sending
• transporting
• transmitting
• shipping
• transferring
• shooting
• consigning
• packing (off)
• delivering
• rendering
• conveying
• passing
• launching
• forwarding
• addressing
• importing
• returning
• advancing
• exporting
• presenting
• dropping
• giving
• contributing
• donating
• bestowing
• handing over
• resending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• accepting
• obtaining
• getting
• securing
• acquiring
• drawing
• earning
• gaining
• procuring
• garnering

2

as in killing

to deprive of life

the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• killing
• destroying
• slaying
• taking
• claiming
• murdering
• slaughtering
• felling
• carrying off
• assassinating
• doing away with
• neutralizing
• doing for
• doing in
• croaking
• finishing
• executing
• making away with
• wasting
• annihilating
• decimating
• massacring
• butchering
• whacking
• cutting down
• snuffing
• smiting
• offing
• terminating
• getting
• mowing
• taking out
• killing off
• putting away
• rubbing out
• knocking off
• blotting out
• icing
• scragging
• bumping off
• martyring
• euthanizing
• euthanatizing
• putting down
• suiciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• animating
• raising
• reviving
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating

3

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

during his reign of terror the dictator dispatched thousands without the slightest qualm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• executing
• slaying
• killing
• neutralizing
• getting
• slaughtering
• liquidating
• terminating
• whacking
• snuffing
• destroying
• shooting
• offing
• taking out
• putting away
• doing away with
• icing
• doing in
• knocking off
• croaking
• bumping off
• rubbing out
• claiming
• eliminating
• massacring
• smiting
• exterminating
• zapping
• cutting down
• eradicating
• butchering
• blowing away
• shooting down
• annihilating
• felling
• carrying off
• blotting out
• mowing (down)
• wiping out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

4

as in defeating

to achieve a victory over

they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeating
• overcoming
• mastering
• beating
• taking
• getting
• conquering
• stopping
• subduing
• surmounting
• trimming
• upending
• licking
• besting
• succeeding
• overmatching
• winning (against)
• prevailing (over)
• finishing
• overbearing
• triumphing (over)
• worsting
• getting the better of
• getting around
• slaughtering
• burying
• doing down
• sweeping
• crushing
• routing
• scoring
• skunking
• annihilating
• whipping
• clobbering
• surpassing
• exceeding
• knocking for a loop
• overwhelming
• upsetting
• capping
• bombing
• flattening
• thrashing
• vanquishing
• trouncing
• excelling
• topping
• subjugating
• walloping
• skinning
• overthrowing
• blowing out
• flourishing
• drubbing
• pipping
• creaming
• edging (out)
• unseating
• breaking
• blowing away
• nosing out
• outdistancing
• waxing
• transcending
• smoking
• overpowering
• outdoing
• shellacking
• outfighting
• eclipsing
• outstripping
• outshining
• bettering
• knocking over
• knocking off
• snowing under
• overtopping
• acing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• falling
• going down
• failing
• giving up
• collapsing
• folding
• going under
• flopping
• washing out
• flunking