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dispatch
Synonyms and Antonyms of dispatch
- a soldier sending daily dispatches to friends and family back home
- The general sent a dispatch to headquarters.
Synonym Discussion of dispatch
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- marry in haste
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- in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush
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- exercises to increase your reading speed
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- the case came to trial with expedition
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- paid bills with dispatch
dispatch
Synonyms and Antonyms of dispatch
- dispatched a messenger with urgent news
- The exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency.
do away with, make away with
- was forced to dispatch the injured animal
do away with
- They dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat.
annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip
cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed
knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
get the better of, knock for a loop
Synonym Discussion of dispatch
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- killed in an accident
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- frost killed the plants
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- slew thousands of the Philistines
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- convicted of murdering a rival
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- terrorists assassinated the Senator
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- dispatched the sentry with one bullet
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- executed by lethal gas
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