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
Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Drivers who carry paying passengers must also be licensed separately from the company that dispatches them.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
This has begun to percolate beyond Finland’s borders as the title of a movie franchise about a 1940s war hero who dispatches Soviet and Nazi soldiers in creatively visceral ways.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
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
Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
That might mean a deeper look at a single story that’s easy to miss in the daily churn, perspective on how the weather is changing or dispatches from my colleagues around the world.
—Angela Fritz, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
His jogging dispatches, including nearly 50 videos filmed in the past year, have become a fixture on LinkedIn.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
City News Café only coincidentally happens to share the name of the City News Bureau, the legendary Chicago wire service that provided Chicago newspapers and later TV and radio stations with police and fire, courtroom, and local government news dispatches.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
According to radio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee, the search for a suspect quickly focused on the apartment complex, with teams of officers scouring the area.
—Paul Kitagaki Jr, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Among other things, HiveWatch monitors video feeds, employee access, online conversations, threats against executives and brands, and 911 dispatches.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Xiong’an New Area, a flagship development launched in 2017 to absorb non-capital functions from Beijing and knit together the Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei region, has entered a new phase of build‑out and operations, according to recent dispatches from Chinese state media.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
For more than 50 years, Tomkins completed dispatches from the transformative art scene of the 1960s and beyond, whether individuals such as Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg or such movements as pop art, conceptual art and minimalism.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
Even the infamous moment when Frank dispatches Eddie (Harvey Guillén) with a chainsaw lands more like a gag than a shock.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Drivers who carry paying passengers must also be licensed separately from the company that dispatches them.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
This has begun to percolate beyond Finland’s borders as the title of a movie franchise about a 1940s war hero who dispatches Soviet and Nazi soldiers in creatively visceral ways.
—Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
Media outlets deploy squads of writers, videographers and social editors to produce a steady stream of clips and dispatches, the kind of coverage that now determines their relevance as much as their reporting.
—Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
That might mean a deeper look at a single story that’s easy to miss in the daily churn, perspective on how the weather is changing or dispatches from my colleagues around the world.
—Angela Fritz, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
His jogging dispatches, including nearly 50 videos filmed in the past year, have become a fixture on LinkedIn.
—Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
City News Café only coincidentally happens to share the name of the City News Bureau, the legendary Chicago wire service that provided Chicago newspapers and later TV and radio stations with police and fire, courtroom, and local government news dispatches.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
According to radio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee, the search for a suspect quickly focused on the apartment complex, with teams of officers scouring the area.
—Paul Kitagaki Jr, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Among other things, HiveWatch monitors video feeds, employee access, online conversations, threats against executives and brands, and 911 dispatches.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Xiong’an New Area, a flagship development launched in 2017 to absorb non-capital functions from Beijing and knit together the Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei region, has entered a new phase of build‑out and operations, according to recent dispatches from Chinese state media.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
For more than 50 years, Tomkins completed dispatches from the transformative art scene of the 1960s and beyond, whether individuals such as Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg or such movements as pop art, conceptual art and minimalism.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispatches
Verb
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But analysts note the arrival of the Bush sends a message without even firing a shot.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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This new game sends you on an epic quest to save your Spark companions and defeat the evil that’s threatening your friends.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This is when a parent kills their child during a state of psychosis or hallucinating.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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Humidity usually kills static electricity – but not in every case.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Geillis, on her quest to install Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne, murders her husband as a blood sacrifice and walks through the stones.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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In 1971, a jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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On the back of four Premier League defeats in a row and a squad pockmarked by injuries, some kind of change was required.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Al Gore defeats George W Bush to become the 42nd President of the United States.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Words must be of four or more letters.—
Kathleen Saxe,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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As many as a dozen letters — including one from the NBA — were submitted by the attorney for Aspiration Partners co-founder Joe Sanberg ahead of his sentencing Monday in an effort to persuade the judge to trim the 17 years prosecutors have requested for each of the two counts of fraud.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Expect sudden messages or changes in plans.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Google, LinkedIn and Wikipedia are among hundreds of websites and apps where Meta plans to capture employee keystrokes and mouse clicks as part of a project to train its artificial intelligence models, according to internal messages viewed by CNBC.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Sunain, the human data capture startup, ships these custom wrist cameras to vetted contributors in its network.—
NILESH CHRISTOPHER LOS ANGELES TIMES,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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Sunain, the human data capture startup, ships these custom wrist cameras to vetted contributors in its network.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Levine Cava said the Kelly Tractor project destroys too many wetlands and bypasses county rules on approving development proposed outside Miami-Dade’s Urban Development Boundary.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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The novel begins with a deadly fire that destroys two tenements.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Dispatches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispatches. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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