Definitions

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  • noun obsolete The act of dispatching.

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  • noun obsolete The act of dispatching.

Etymologies

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Compare Old French despechement.

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Examples

  • The jumps were followed by a quick dispatchment of the threat, and so there was only that moment of adrenaline not the entire scene-long heart-pounding anxiety.

    Elena’s World – Zombieland – review 2009

  • Variations on the same themes, villains, methods of dispatchment.

    Archive 2009-01-04 Toby O'B 2009

  • And those who witnessed its dispatchment might well have been spurred by that thought to then turn and consider the other goat, the one sacrificed in dedication to God.

    Aish.com: Spirituality 2010

  • This is the reason indie darlings like Okkervil River-our favorite postmodern Mariachi band-still enlist instruments like the banjo, the mandolin, and the steel guitar in the dispatchment of their most ravenous ballads.

    Austinist 2009

  • This is the reason indie darlings like Okkervil River-our favorite postmodern Mariachi band-still enlist instruments like the banjo, the mandolin, and the steel guitar in the dispatchment of their most ravenous ballads.

    Austinist Rachael Sawyer 2009

  • Below is the display image of your package on my desk ready for instant dispatchment.

    lex icon 2008

  • But when I see the fire shining in eyes, the truth of loving another soul in a complete and utter dispatchment of reason, then I’ll think of Lids, and the summer she had.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2003

  • i check her feedback score which is 96 blue star with 100% feedback with no neutral or negative feedback & how her communication & dispatchment is super fast from other users. she has been a member since may 2009.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • i check her feedback score which is 96 blue star with 100% feedback with no neutral or negative feedback & how her communication & dispatchment is super fast from other users. she has been a member since may 2009.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Yaroslavl (donation of straw mats and judo uniforms, financial assistance for ARENAL's operation, dispatchment of Japanese instructors, training of local coaches and selected judo athletes in Japan, etc.) 2) Inviting local children to official home games of Locomotiv Yaroslavl, the local professional ice hockey team

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

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