dispatched

verb

past tense of dispatch
1
as in sent
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 destroyed
to deprive of life the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency

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3
as in assassinated
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 defeated
to achieve a victory over they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat

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Recent Examples of dispatched Around midnight on Friday morning, a member of a team dispatched to monitor the lake told CCTV the barrier forming the lake stretched about 150 meters long and 40 or 50 meters high. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 The report states that on the morning of May 23, police were dispatched to Jacobs’ home near Green Bay because of a disturbance between Jacobs and a woman described as his girlfriend. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Chinese newspaper Global Times reported that a team had been dispatched to the site by the local Chinese consulate. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 During the early days of the pandemic, Prem and his team dispatched medical staff to Singapore’s checkpoints for virus screening, as well as to foreign worker dormitories to care for workers who fell ill. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Set just before the 1973 Chilean coup, pic stars John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA agents Chris and Lee, who are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 More than 30 fire units were dispatched to the Shadowwood Apartments at 6701 Calmont Ave. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026 Over 100 firefighters have been dispatched to fight the fire. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 The Phils reportedly have dispatched scouts to assess the 27-year-old ahead of his anticipated posting from Nippon Professional Baseball. — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispatched
  1. sent
  2. destroyed
  3. assassinated
  4. defeated
  5. killed
  6. murdered
  7. mastered
  8. executed
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  • The war, now stretching into its seventh month, has disrupted global energy supplies and sent shockwaves through global financial markets.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Global supply concerns have sent benchmark corn and wheat futures to three-year highs, and soybeans are near the highest since 2024.
    — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • The fire started in the 2300 block of Pickett Road and destroyed five structures, according to Cal Fire.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroyed
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  • Among them is the son of Fred Hampton, a senior leader of the Black Panther Party who was assassinated by the FBI in 1969, at the age of 21.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • Tysie Gallagher, Terri Harper and Caroline Dubois beat Americans Brandi Robinson, Miranda Reyes and Amelia Moore, respectively, earlier in the night, while Reina Tellez defeated Jessica Barry for the United States’ only victory.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Taylor pitched a career-high 2 2/3 scoreless relief innings and was credited with the win as the Sox defeated the Twins 7-4 in front of 28,140.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of defeated
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  • Rob and Michelle Reiner were killed on December 14, 2025, and Nick is charged with two counts of murder.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Son of a partisan fighter The son of a World War Two partisan fighter killed in 1945, Mladic was an officer in the old communist Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) when Yugoslavia's disintegration began in 1991.
    — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • London, who was married to hip hop legend Nipsey Hussle, would come together with Snoop again to honor Nipsey after he was murdered in 2019.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • Jon Batiste is one of the most interesting contemporary musicians out there, a musical prodigy who began performing at age 8 and has mastered multiple instruments.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kids can try the sheet again and again until the facts are mastered.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of mastered
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  • According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six months, with at least 56 people executed on national security charges since mid-March — including 27 linked to protests earlier this year.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Code executed during that interruption altered the prediction machinery before the processor could use it.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of executed

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“Dispatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispatched. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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