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
A spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department confirmed to The Times that personnel were dispatched at 5:30 p.m. to respond to a medical emergency at Chase Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
She and her colleagues compiled inventories, negotiated among rival claimants, and dispatched books and archives to Jewish communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
There’d been no sign of it since that one winter’s day; bounty hunters no doubt had dispatched it, as they had most of the wolves in this part of the country.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
