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# dispatched

«dispatched» in Mova's school dictionary: **sent off (a parcel, a person, a message)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (dispatch, dispatches, dispatched, dispatching; UK also despatch)

### meaning for a pupil

1) sent off (a parcel, a person, a message). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#m1)

2) (euphemism) killed quickly, often an animal by a hunter or farmer, or a character in a story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#m2)

3) dealt with quickly (dispatched the job). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

The «killed» sense is a cool, technical word used by hunters, farmers, crime stories and history books; the «sent» sense is everyday business. All regions.

### examples

- Your order has been dispatched and will arrive tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#x1)
- The farmer dispatched the injured sheep quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#x2)
- Police were dispatched to the scene. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#x3)
- In the story, the knight dispatched the dragon with one blow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#x4)
- The team dispatched their rivals five–nil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#x5)
- The general dispatched a messenger to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/#x6)

### note

Trap: «your parcel was dispatched» is just sent. Only with animals or enemies does it mean «killed».

### In the corpora

- ["Dispatched" means an animal was killed quickly by a hunter or farmer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dispatched» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispatched/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.