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Dispatched

Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. d['e]p[^e]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.]

  1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

    Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of.
    --Shak.

    [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.
    --Robynson (More's Utopia).

  2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]

    I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
    --Udall.

  3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

    Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.
    --Walpole.

  4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

    Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou??.
    --Shak.

  5. To send out of the world; to put to death.

    The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.
    --Ezek. xxiii. 47.

    Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.

Wiktionary
dispatched

vb. (en-past of: dispatch)

WordNet
dispatched

adj. sent off or away; "the dispatched messenger was has hardly out of sight before she wished call him back"

Wikipedia
Dispatched

Dispatched was a Swedenese melodic death metal band from Södertälje (originally from the Gnesta Municipality) formed in 1992.

Usage examples of "dispatched".

Set your conclusions down as a formal report and tell Anna I want it dispatched by special courier to Alpha Centauri.

The drones were dispatched through the warp point for twenty-four-hour deployments.

With more accurate initial information, a larger force could have been dispatched to absolutely insure these intruders' destruction.

As it happens, I have reason to believe that Bug forces have in fact been dispatched there.

The courier drones hastily dispatched to the System Which Must Be Defended had made that clear to the Fleet's directing intelligences.

It had fixated the Bugs' attention on Warp Point Four, through which they'd dispatched a gunboat counterattack.

Admiral Antonov dispatched a survey flotilla through it-Survey Flotilla 19, to be exact-as he continued to advance along the Anderson Chain.

It was dispatched early enough in Pesthouse that it was beyond communications range when the Bugs sprang the trap, of course, so there was never any hope of recalling it when they closed in behind the Admiral.

What attack more appropriate than one upon the very systems which dispatched the ships which murdered our worlds?

So the Deep Space Force, its battle damage only just repaired, had been dispatched two systems in that direction, to guard against any incursions.

Murakuma had formed her capital ships into concentric protective screens around the fragile carriers, then dispatched her fighters to engage the kamikazes at extreme range.

A follow-up probe volley has already been dispatched on my authority to confirm the original readings, but I do not expect its findings to alter CIC's present evaluation.

I was furious, and I betrayed my command the next time I was dispatched to settle a dispute along the southern border, where something was always stirring.

Still, there are some things about Amber that are best dispatched with that metal, and I could afford it.

Pursuing him were half a dozen nasty fellows whom we dispatched in your living room.