Antonyms for dispatch
dɪˈspætʃdis·patch

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1. dispatchverb

   Synonyms:
   make haste, destroy, kill, send

2. dispatchverb

   To send a shipment with promptness.

   Synonyms:
   destroy, send, kill, make haste

3. dispatchverb

   To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness

   Synonyms:
   make haste, kill, send, destroy

4. dispatchverb

   To hurry

   Synonyms:
   kill, make haste, send, destroy

5. dispatchverb

   To deprive.

   Synonyms:
   kill, make haste, send, destroy

6. dispatchverb

   To destroy quickly and efficiently

   Synonyms:
   send, kill, make haste, destroy

7. dispatchverb

   To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (computing, often with to)

   Synonyms:
   send, make haste, destroy, kill

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1. dispatch

   Antonyms:
   retard, detain, obstruct, impede

   Synonyms:
   expedite, send, accelerate, hasten, execute, conclude, used also in the sense of kill

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Departure
   • Execute
   • Kill

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1. dispatch, despatch, communiquenoun

   an official report (usually sent in haste)

   Synonyms:
   expedition, despatch, shipment, communique, expeditiousness

2. dispatch, despatch, shipmentnoun

   the act of sending off something

   Synonyms:
   expeditiousness, consignment, cargo, lading, shipment, expedition, load, payload, loading, communique, freight, despatch

3. dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousnessnoun

   the property of being prompt and efficient

   "it was done with dispatch"

   Synonyms:
   sashay, excursion, expeditiousness, jaunt, expedition, shipment, hostile expedition, outing, junket, communique, military expedition, pleasure trip, despatch

4. dispatch, despatchverb

   killing a person or animal

   Synonyms:
   expedition, despatch, shipment, communique, expeditiousness

5. dispatch, despatch, send offverb

   send away towards a designated goal

   Synonyms:
   polish off, off, murder, send off, discharge, despatch, slay, get off, remove, hit, bump off, complete, send, project

6. dispatch, discharge, completeverb

   complete or carry out

   "discharge one's duties"

   Synonyms:
   unload, empty, despatch, complete, expel, exhaust, go off, hit, nail, drop off, release, send off, fill out, finish, fire, polish off, off, fill in, slay, exculpate, assoil, set down, clear, make out, put down, acquit, murder, drop, discharge, exonerate, free, eject, muster out, bump off, remove

7. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, removeverb

   kill intentionally and with premeditation

   "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

   Synonyms:
   shoot, despatch, complete, wrap up, hit, arrive at, transfer, attain, send off, finish up, reach, eat up, take out, move out, get rid of, strike, score, finish, make, polish off, collide with, gain, mangle, withdraw, tally, off, finish off, absent, run into, stumble, slay, impinge on, clear up, murder, rack up, mutilate, mop up, discharge, come to, take away, take, pip, get through, bump off, remove

8. dispatchverb

   dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

   "He dispatched the task he was assigned"

   Synonyms:
   polish off, off, murder, send off, discharge, despatch, slay, remove, hit, bump off, complete

9. dispatchverb

   kill without delay

   "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"

   Synonyms:
   polish off, off, murder, send off, discharge, despatch, slay, remove, hit, bump off, complete

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1. dispatchnoun

   Synonyms:
   haste, speed, celerity, expedition, message, telegram

How to use dispatch in a sentence?

1. Officer McPhilamy:

   Dispatch advised that a juvenile had gone to a neighbor's house and stated they didn't have food and needed something to eat.

2. John Kasich:

   If the governor does eventually plunge into the race, one thing seems guaranteed : He would be, by a large margin, the Republican field's most provocative voice. No, he likely would n’t win, and he might well get the snot kicked out of him. But more than any other underdog flirting with 2016, John Kasich — defiant, outspoken, critical of conservatism from within — could upend the tenor of the primary season. [ Calendar of a candidate - Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be making stops in South Carolina and New Hampshire at the end of the month. Columbus [ Ohio ] Dispatch :.

3. Delaware State Police:

   Delaware State Police Dispatch Centers are now operational and 911 calls are being received, if you call 911 and receive a busy signal or recorded message, callers are encouraged to text 911 and type your emergency in the message field or utilize the non-emergency telephone numbers.

4. Miguel de Cervantes:

   There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

5. Alison Ettel:

   I did call the police, but not on anybody, i said I'd like to talk with someone about if something is legal or not. I said I am not doing a report, and I am not asking for any dispatch. I just want information. I asked, is this legal ? She said' no.'.

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