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. Martinez Fischer:

   The men and women of the Texas House, many of whom are Black and Brown Democrats, are not animals or property to be corralled by law enforcement and cabined against our will. It is morally wrong to believe otherwise. We will not allow our democracy to devolve into dictatorship ; we will use every tool necessary to defend Texas Constitution, angry Republican threats to dispatch troopers to arrest, cuff, shackle, drag in, and cabin duly-elected lawmakers isn't just meant to chill our speech and impair our ability to represent our districts, it has left our families, friends, and neighbors anxious for our wellbeing and safety.

2. Samuel Alito:

   The Court has expressed the hope that the Court of Appeals will proceed with appropriate dispatch, and I see no reason why the Court of Appeals should not be able to decide this case, one way or the other, within the next 60 days.

3. Aaron Hill:

   I've been going to school board meetings, sending emails to them over the last six, seven months, and none of them responded, and now he has the gall to go out and post an opinion piece in our York Dispatch.

4. Sheriff Sharon Wehrly:

   During that call, the reporting parties informed the Nye County Sheriff’s Office dispatch the male had been using cocaine, they confirmed his usage on Saturday but were unsure if it had continued.

5. Donna Jackson:

   The St. Louis Post-Dispatch was not The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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