dispatch

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Upon the outer covering of a dispatch was a singular blood-red streak!

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  1. transitive verb To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business. See Synonyms at send1.
  2. transitive verb To complete, transact, or dispose of promptly.
  3. transitive verb To eat up (food); finish off (a dish or meal).

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  1. Spanish despachar or Italian dispacciare, both probably ultimately from Old Provençal empachar, to impede, from Vulgar Latin *impāctāre, frequentative of Latin impingere, to dash against; see impinge.
 

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/dɛs, dɪsˈpætʃ/
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