dispatch

dispatch
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. send; expedite; kill; accomplish. —n. message, telegram; promptness, expedition, haste, speed; consummation, killing. See completion, news, conduct, earliness.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To send something on its way]
Syn. transmit, express, forward; see send 1 .
2. [To kill deliberately]
Syn. put to death, murder, finish; see kill 1 .
3. [To make an end]
Syn. finish, conclude, perform; see achieve 1 .
See Synonym Study at kill .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. message communication, communique, news, report, bulletin, flash, note.
2. speed promptness, swiftness, alacrity, celerity, quickness, haste, expedition.
ANT.: 2. sloth, sluggishness
II
v.
1. send off consign, forward, issue, transmit, speed, express, post.
2. expedite hurry, dash off, quicken, push, dispose of, *zip off.
3. kill slay, execute, murder, assassinate, put to death, *waste. see kill, murder
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination: address, consign, forward, route, send, ship, transmit. See MOVE. 2. To eat completely or entirely: consume, devour, eat up. Informal: polish off, put away. See INGESTION. 3. To cause the death of: carry off, cut down, cut off, destroy, finish (off), kill1, slay. Slang: waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See HELP. II noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness. See FAST.

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