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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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as in destroyed
to deprive of life
the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency
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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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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
Joan pulled it together and dispatched three suitors in the rose ceremony.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Aldo dispatched his first four opponents under that promotion’s banner by knockout.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Officers were dispatched after a neighbor called 911 to report that Perez had cut the wires to the complex’s fire alarm system.
—Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Israel dispatched ground forces into southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The tally is notable because the game had more viewers than all four telecasts of the 2023 WNBA Finals, in which the Aces dispatched the Liberty for their second consecutive title.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Most deputies were already assigned to a local football game a homecoming parade, and all remaining deputies were dispatched to the Big Chicken.
—Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Aldo dispatched his first four opponents under that promotion’s banner by knockout.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Officers were dispatched after a neighbor called 911 to report that Perez had cut the wires to the complex’s fire alarm system.
—Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Israel dispatched ground forces into southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The tally is notable because the game had more viewers than all four telecasts of the 2023 WNBA Finals, in which the Aces dispatched the Liberty for their second consecutive title.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Most deputies were already assigned to a local football game a homecoming parade, and all remaining deputies were dispatched to the Big Chicken.
—Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispatched
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Democratic lawmakers have previously said the amendment was sent to the ballot as a way to turn out Republican voters this year.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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State lawmakers, by majority vote in 2023, sent the Back the Blue Act to the ballot.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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More than half of the deaths were in North Carolina, where several feet of fast-moving water destroyed entire communities.NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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However, by October 1, senior Israeli and American officials assessed that the Israeli air campaign has destroyed half of the militia’s missiles and rockets.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Several pro-war Russian figures have been assassinated since the start of the war in operations Moscow blamed on Ukraine, including journalist Darya Dugina, war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and former submarine commander Stanislav Rzhitsky.Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022 while making a speech for a ruling party candidate during a parliamentary election.Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Popular on Variety Chico Mendes, who was murdered by a rancher in 1988, is an international symbol of the struggle to protect the Amazon Rainforest.Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Their father had been murdered in their home, which was then looted and burnt to the ground.Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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The opening night of a legendary 1977 run is captured on a four-LP set mastered by Jeffrey Norman from the original analog tapes.Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
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Newer vendor solutions in the market have mastered and provisioned a solution that effectively utilizes a bitemporal data model to support accuracy in capturing and reporting, allowing firms to aggregate and disaggregate data in real time.Araya Solomon, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Especially when executed at a large scale of hundreds of code changes, this becomes a management challenge.Mike Waas, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Actual causes Lawyer Gretchen Sween, who joined Roberson's case about two months before he was supposed to be executed in 2016, said she was struck by how little investigators took Nikki's past health issues into consideration.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Eagles 27, Rams 24 Sam Farmer’s pick: The Eagles have a lot of ways to beat you on offense — especially with Barkley — and their defense is swarming.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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In fact, consistently beating the S&P 500 — in good times and bad — has been difficult over recent years for individual stocks; for heavyweights in the Industrials sector including UPS, UNP, and CAT, and even for the megacap stars GOOG, TSLA, and MSFT.Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Puth nearly conquered the Billboard Global Excl.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The Wheelers conquered it in 2011, a smooth stroll along a 4-mile trail on a warm August day.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Dispatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispatched. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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