dispatch
verb (used with object)
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
dispatched
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past participleof dispatch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dispatch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dispatchverb (used with object)to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
Example Sentences
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Agents from Homeland Security Investigations, a massive federal law enforcement agency, had been dispatched to work leads across the country, including hundreds in Minnesota.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In some cases, police are dispatched instead of ambulances.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Deputies with the Moreno Valley sheriff’s station were dispatched about 4:10 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Pakistan dispatched a fleet of warplanes to the Gulf country in April after several weeks of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A scarred ruin belching smoke, the only fireman dispatched to extinguish it slouched in defeat, blistered and weary, his hose run dry.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
