dispatched

verb

past tense of dispatch
1
as in sent
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another dispatched a messenger with urgent news

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2
as in destroyed
to deprive of life the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency

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3
as in assassinated
to put to death deliberately during his reign of terror the dictator dispatched thousands without the slightest qualm

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4
as in defeated
to achieve a victory over they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat

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Recent Examples of dispatched The clerk for the Eastern District of Missouri, which issued the federal ruling, said the court had not ordered agents to be dispatched. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 One hour after finding Hamilton dead, police were dispatched to a house near campus and found Strang dead. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Police personnel were dispatched to the site to investigate the incident, police said. — David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Additional officers and medical personnel were dispatched to the scene. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Set just before the 1973 Chilean coup, Malkovich and Rockwell play CIA agents Chris and Lee, respectively, who are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief (Steve Buscemi). — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 Several firefighters dispatched to such incidents this summer described waiting for reinforcements, both crews and equipment, that sometimes never arrived. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 If the complaint is deemed credible, an assessor is dispatched and staff are told to remove the material or be fired. — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 Times may be affected because SEECOM is on a different radio frequency than QuadCom, requiring mutual aid to be dispatched through phone calls, Rynders said. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispatched
  1. sent
  2. destroyed
  3. assassinated
  4. defeated
  5. killed
  6. murdered
  7. mastered
  8. executed
Verb
  • The department’s deputy superintendent of operations, Abel Guillén, sent an email to staff last Friday that one live bedbug and five dead ones were found in room 3506.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Blues defenseman Brandon Carlo got a game misconduct for a kneeing penalty early in the third period that sent top-line center Hintz, in his first game since March 6, down to the ice while grabbing at his left knee.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of sent
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  • Climate change was considered a factor in the December 2021 wildfire that destroyed Somauroo's home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the 2021 Marshall Fire that destroyed Somauroo’s home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of destroyed
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  • On July 7, 2021, Moïse was assassinated inside his second-floor bedroom.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • He was assassinated in Paris in February 1984, shot on a street outside his residence close to the Eiffel Tower.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
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  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The 1995 Jayhawks went 10-2 and defeated UCLA 51-30 in the bowl game.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of defeated
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  • Kabul and the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan said the strikes in Helmand and Kunar provinces had killed at least 10 civilians, most of them children.
    — MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But is any of that enough when a Western Union telegram brings news of Aron’s death, killed in a battle in France?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of killed
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  • In the series, a bachelorette weekend turns deadly when the bride (Jenner) winds up murdered in the pool, and her closest girlfriends all become suspects.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Her sister's husband, her brother-in-law, Yagev Buchshtab however, had been murdered by the terrorists.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of murdered
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  • The same approach beat three world champions at Barrage Stratego, a faster eight-piece variant of Stratego, mastered the cooperative card game Hanabi, and beat the best bots at the Chinese card game dou dizhu.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Boot season is officially here, and while numerous brands look to make the most of the seasonal shift, there are few labels that have mastered the mix of casual lifestyle appeal and functional outdoor capabilities like Timberland has.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of mastered
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  • Shortly after, in his final snaps under center as a Bronco, Zabransky made two completions and then perfectly executed the Statue of Liberty handoff to cement his place in Boise State’s history.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this week, IRNA reported that Iran had executed two other men over violence during the January protests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of executed

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