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- noun The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
- noun informal
burial - verb Present participle of
dispatch .
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Examples
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A failure of the train dispatching system at Norfolk Southern caused more than 100 trains, including some Virginia Railway Express trains on the Manassas Line, to come to a halt Friday morning, Norfolk Southern officials said.
Commuter trains among those snagged by Norfolk Southern malfunction Jennifer Buske 2010
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Thierry Andriamirado explained the increased relevance of online social networks in dispatching news about the crisis.
Global Voices in English » Madagascar: Traditional and New Media Discuss Crisis Reporting 2009
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A failure of the train dispatching system at Norfolk Southern caused more than 100 trains, including some Virginia Railway Express trains on the Manassas Line, to come to a halt Friday morning, Norfolk Southern officials said.
Commuter trains among those snagged by Norfolk Southern malfunction Jennifer Buske 2010
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It's one thing to let Crusoe fight the pirates, but the pleasure he and the show take in dispatching them — and the lingering shots of their deaths — borders on the sick.
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The Nittany Lions have been nearly flawless in dispatching a quartet of overmatched foes.
Weekend Preview: Run for the Rose Bowl starts in the Big Ten 2008
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I doubt if even small phorusrhacids climbed trees, so presumably they used the claw in dispatching or manipulating prey.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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I doubt if even small phorusrhacids climbed trees, so presumably they used the claw in dispatching or manipulating prey.
More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest Darren Naish 2006
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Those abilities got him matched up with Paul Pierce, Boston's All-Star swingman who scored a career-high 46 points Friday in dispatching Philadelphia.
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Before he can begin dispatching the CTs’ frauds and follies, Bugliosi must deal with Lee Harvey Oswald himself, who remains a ghost in even the more fantastic machines of the conspiracists.
A Knoll of One’s Own 2007
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Before he can begin dispatching the CTs’ frauds and follies, Bugliosi must deal with Lee Harvey Oswald himself, who remains a ghost in even the more fantastic machines of the conspiracists.
A Knoll of One’s Own 2007
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