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transmit
To cause something such as an infection to spread; pass on.
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  1. To cause something such as an infection to spread; pass on.
  2. To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.
  3. To send or cause to go from one person or place to another, esp. across intervening space or distance; transfer; dispatch; convey
express
To get by pressure; elicit by force; extort
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  1. To get by pressure; elicit by force; extort
  2. To set forth in words; state:
  3. By express
forward
In an advanced position or a configuration registering a future time:
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  1. In an advanced position or a configuration registering a future time:
  2. Toward or tending to the front; frontward:
  3. In the prescribed direction or sequence for normal use:
murder
To kill (another human) in an act of murder.
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  1. To kill (another human) in an act of murder.
  2. To kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
  3. To commit murder
finish
(Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
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  1. (Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
  2. To bring to a required or desired state:
  3. To consume all of; use up:
finish
To bring to an end; complete
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  1. To bring to an end; complete
  2. To consume all of; use up:
  3. To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
conclude
To decide by reasoning; infer; deduce
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  1. To decide by reasoning; infer; deduce
  2. To come to an end; close:
  3. To come to a decision or agreement:
perform
To take action in accordance with the requirements of; fulfill:
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  1. To take action in accordance with the requirements of; fulfill:
  2. To act on so as to accomplish or bring to completion; execute; carry out (a task, process, etc.)
  3. To begin and carry through to completion; do:
address
To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of:
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  1. To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of:
  2. To mark with a destination:
  3. To dispatch or consign (a ship, for example) to an agent or factor.
consign
To give over to the care or custody of another.
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  1. To give over to the care or custody of another.
  2. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign:
  3. To hand over; give up or deliver
forward
Toward or tending to the front; frontward:
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  1. Toward or tending to the front; frontward:
  2. To send on to a subsequent destination or address.
  3. In the prescribed direction or sequence for normal use:
route
To schedule the order of (a sequence of procedures).
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  1. To schedule the order of (a sequence of procedures).
  2. To direct, send, forward, or transport by a specified route
  3. To send or forward by a specific route.
send
To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message:
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  1. To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message:
  2. To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive:
  3. To be plunged forward, as by a wave
ship
To place or receive on board a ship:
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  1. To place or receive on board a ship:
  2. (Informal) To send (away, out, etc.); get rid of
  3. To bring into a ship or boat:
transmit
(--- Electronics) To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.
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  1. (--- Electronics) To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.
  2. To send or cause to go from one person or place to another, esp. across intervening space or distance; transfer; dispatch; convey
  3. To send out a signal.
consume
To take in as food; eat or drink up.
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  1. To take in as food; eat or drink up.
  2. To absorb; engross:
  3. To eat or drink up; devour
devour
To absorb completely; engross
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  1. To absorb completely; engross
  2. To take in greedily with the eyes, ears, or mind
  3. To eat up greedily.
eat up
(Idiomatic) To consume completely.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To consume completely.
  2. (Idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
put away
To place out of the way, clean up.
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  1. To place out of the way, clean up.
  2. (Baseball) To take a large lead in a game.
  3. (Colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
cut down
Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
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  1. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
  2. To bring down by cutting.
  3. (Idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
cut off
(Idiomatic) To interrupt (someone speaking).
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  1. (Idiomatic) To interrupt (someone speaking).
  2. To stop providing funds to someone.
  3. To end abruptly.
destroy
To put to death; kill:
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  1. To put to death; kill:
  2. To break up or spoil completely; ruin
  3. To kill
finish
(Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
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  1. (Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
  2. To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
  3. To destroy; kill:
kill
To thwart passage of; veto:
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  1. To thwart passage of; veto:
  2. To destroy a vitally essential quality in:
  3. To spend (time) on matters of little or no importance
slay
To kill or destroy in a violent way
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  1. To kill or destroy in a violent way
  2. (Slang) To overwhelm, as with laughter or love:
  3. To kill violently.
waste
To pass without being put to use:
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  1. To pass without being put to use:
  2. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
  3. (--- Slang) To kill; murder.
zap
In science fiction and fantasy, to transport (a person or thing) into another place or time instantaneously, as with an energy beam.
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  1. In science fiction and fantasy, to transport (a person or thing) into another place or time instantaneously, as with an energy beam.
  2. To use a TV remote control, as to change channels or to skip ahead on a tape, disc, etc.
  3. To destroy or kill:
celerity
Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
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  1. Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
  2. Swiftness in acting or moving; speed
expedition
A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
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  1. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
  2. A sending forth or starting out on a journey, voyage, march, etc. for some definite purpose, as exploration or battle
  3. Speed or promptness in performance.
fleetness
The quality of being fleet
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  1. The quality of being fleet
haste
The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity
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  1. The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity
  2. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:
  3. Rapidity of action or motion:
hurry
A hurrying or being hurried; rush; urgency
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  1. A hurrying or being hurried; rush; urgency
  2. Eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly
  3. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste:
hustle
Energetic activity; drive.
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  1. Energetic activity; drive.
  2. (Informal) Energetic action or effort; drive
  3. (Slang) A way of making money, esp. a dishonest way
rapidity
(Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis
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  1. (Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis
  2. (Physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light
  3. Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
rapidness
The characteristic of being rapid.
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  1. The characteristic of being rapid.
speed
A transmission gear or set of gears in a motor vehicle:
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  1. A transmission gear or set of gears in a motor vehicle:
  2. The state of being in rapid motion; rapidity:
  3. The act of moving rapidly:
speediness
The property of being fast; swiftness.
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  1. The property of being fast; swiftness.
swiftness
The state of being swift
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  1. The state of being swift
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Sentence Examples

  • So it was decided to send a dispatch to the staff.

  • "Where is your dispatch?" he inquired.

  • He took the dispatch which was addressed to him and began to read it with a mournful expression.

  • The Italian attacks, handicapped by the limitation imposed, made little headway, though they prevented the dispatch of Austrian units already under orders for the eastern front.

  • And Bilibin repeated the actual words of the diplomatic dispatch, which he had himself composed.

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