1
as in sends
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 kills
to deprive of life
the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency
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3
as in murders
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 defeats
to achieve a victory over
they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat
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1
as in letters
a message on paper from one person or group to another
a soldier sending daily dispatches to friends and family back home
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2
as in messages
a piece of conveyed information
a dispatch from headquarters regarding a change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of dispatches
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
And then there’s the self-serving Ghoul, who dispatches with anyone who gets in his way.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
After reporting the contacts, the Yanan calls in support from the aircraft carrier Shandong, which dispatches three aircraft to confirm the presence of the unidentified planes.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
The new film puts empty characters (their tattoos are more expressive than the dialogue they’re given) into dangerous situations and dispatches them with all the empty pleasure of video-game kills.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The base is the largest Navy installation in the Pacific and routinely dispatches surface ships and submarines to the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
But the teen-soap relationship dynamics among Clover and her friends are secondary to the gleeful creativity with which the movie dispatches them — over and over again.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
So when hundreds of federal agents arrived in September, activists poured energy into an emergency hotline that dispatches response teams to gather intel, including names of those detained.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, the way the GTH dispatches a British back road is up there with the very best cars developed in Weissach.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
Two days before the Fourth of July, an alien mothership enters Earth’s atmosphere and dispatches envoys in the form of flying saucers across major cities worldwide.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
The group hums in agreement, offering dispatches from their own lives about thorny friendships.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The album’s dispatches from her secluded life style are propelled by the question of who is doing the looking and what that looking reveals about the experience of an other.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Follow live updates on our blog, see today’s full schedule here, and sign up for The Sports Desk newsletter to get daily dispatches from Milan and Cortino.
—NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
Police did not immediately release additional details about the circumstances leading to the child’s injuries, but audio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee indicated the family had called 911 after the boy suffered a head injury.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 14 Feb. 2026
When there is not enough gas to run the turbines, the price spikes and ISO dispatches the oil burning generators.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
Dillard also supervised other communication technicians and accessed names from their dispatches as well.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Mike elects to go out on his own, and thus Money dispatches the mangy-looking kill machine Orman (Barry Keoghan; bleach-blond hair plus exposed roots = sociopath) to intercept Mike’s next job and take him down.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
And then there’s the self-serving Ghoul, who dispatches with anyone who gets in his way.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
After reporting the contacts, the Yanan calls in support from the aircraft carrier Shandong, which dispatches three aircraft to confirm the presence of the unidentified planes.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
The new film puts empty characters (their tattoos are more expressive than the dialogue they’re given) into dangerous situations and dispatches them with all the empty pleasure of video-game kills.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The base is the largest Navy installation in the Pacific and routinely dispatches surface ships and submarines to the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
But the teen-soap relationship dynamics among Clover and her friends are secondary to the gleeful creativity with which the movie dispatches them — over and over again.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
So when hundreds of federal agents arrived in September, activists poured energy into an emergency hotline that dispatches response teams to gather intel, including names of those detained.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Nonetheless, the way the GTH dispatches a British back road is up there with the very best cars developed in Weissach.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
Various dispatches placed Stahr and his wife, Cora, close personal friends of then-team owner William Smith, at the Indians' training grounds in Florida and Arkansas — the latter of which were reportedly sandwiched between an ostrich farm and an alligator farm.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
Two days before the Fourth of July, an alien mothership enters Earth’s atmosphere and dispatches envoys in the form of flying saucers across major cities worldwide.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
The group hums in agreement, offering dispatches from their own lives about thorny friendships.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The album’s dispatches from her secluded life style are propelled by the question of who is doing the looking and what that looking reveals about the experience of an other.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Follow live updates on our blog, see today’s full schedule here, and sign up for The Sports Desk newsletter to get daily dispatches from Milan and Cortino.
—NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
Police did not immediately release additional details about the circumstances leading to the child’s injuries, but audio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee indicated the family had called 911 after the boy suffered a head injury.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 14 Feb. 2026
When there is not enough gas to run the turbines, the price spikes and ISO dispatches the oil burning generators.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
Dillard also supervised other communication technicians and accessed names from their dispatches as well.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispatches
Verb
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Williams sends a ball to deep center, but Debose tracks it down to end the inning.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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Alaska sends the four highest finishers in its nonpartisan primary onto the general election – all but ensuring that the general includes candidates from both parties and even independents or third-party hopefuls.—
Tom Charron,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Displaying superhuman strength, Frank kills them both, in front of shocked witnesses.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Excessive vinegar in this mix all but kills the key flavor ingredients.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That’s true at the end of the film but not at the beginning, when Jason dons the mask and murders his film professor.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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Her unscrupulous, power-hungry uncle Claudius (Kôji Yakusho) murders his own brother to become king.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Learning from losing Anthony Edwards is stealing the superpowers of whoever defeats him.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The only defeats the Raiders have this year were at the prestigious Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas just before Christmas, the second out-of-state trip the team took in December following a weekend jaunt to Arizona for a couple of games earlier in the month.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The dispute led to months of lengthy meetings, a protest resignation and critical public letters from the districts against the village.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Witnesses at the scene gave police two letters of the license plate of the suspect vehicle.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some use an an Android app that lets users outside the country act as a relay, allowing people inside Iran to route calls and messages through the outside internet connection and bypass government filtering.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Its stand against the use of AI for surveillance had ginned up an outpouring of support from fans, who wrote messages of encouragement in chalk outside its corporate headquarters.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Later this year, Nvidia will see some big competition when rival AMD ships its first rack-scale system called Helios.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
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The only wine club that exclusively ships Napa Valley red wine to its members, Robb Report 672 Napa Valley Wine Club is busily preparing its first selection of the year.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Unfortunately, as with alcohol, gambling also destroys lives.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Israel routinely destroys equipment meant for reconstruction; Human Rights Watch found that Israel had destroyed more than 360 heavy machines — bulldozers, excavators, and factories producing asphalt and cement — in four different attacks in south Lebanon.—
Justin Salhani,
The Dial,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Dispatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispatches. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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