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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dispatch.

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Examples

  • The tiny airships, dispatched from the warships, contained but two men each, and over all cities, towns, and villages they wheeled and curved, one man directing the ship, the other man throwing over the glass tubes.

    THE UNPARALLELED INVASION 2010

  • A man dispatched from the gatehouse approached Knight Commander Montyr, who watched his charges proudly.

    The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Seven xcpublishing 2009

  • They were dispatched from the playoffs in five games, following San Jose's 2-1 victory on Saturday.

    Detroit Red Wings Team Report 2010

  • He’s dispatched from the powers and leaves accordingly.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008

  • Anne is a redheaded orphan given to great flights of fancy, who is dispatched from a Nova Scotia orphanage to the island farm of the aged siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert.

    Land of Green Gables 2008

  • Anne is a redheaded orphan given to great flights of fancy, who is dispatched from a Nova Scotia orphanage to the island farm of the aged siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert.

    Land of Green Gables 2008

  • Anne is a redheaded orphan given to great flights of fancy, who is dispatched from a Nova Scotia orphanage to the island farm of the aged siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert.

    Land of Green Gables 2008

  • There are generically bad films, like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, where the plot is so cliched that getting to the end is like a checklist: Sub-villain dispatched?

    A Quick Review - This Isn't The Film You're Looking For 2004

  • When Menachem Begin dispatched Israeli fighter planes to destroy Iraq's Osirak plant, he knew there was only one target, and that if it was eliminated, Iraq's nuclear program would be set back for many years.

    Will Iran Be Next? 2004

  • When Menachem Begin dispatched Israeli fighter planes to destroy Iraq's Osirak plant, he knew there was only one target, and that if it was eliminated, Iraq's nuclear program would be set back for many years.

    Will Iran Be Next? 2004

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