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the art of getting rid of something by sending it somewhere, fast or final.

means to send off promptly for a purpose, or to finish something off completely, including killing it.

from from italian dispacciare via spanish despachar, roughly to hurry something along or clear it out of the way, entering english in the 1500s as both a verb for sending swiftly and a noun for the message sent.

for instance

war dispatchesreporters like ernie pyle filed them from wwii frontlines

doordash dispatchmatches drivers to orders in under a second

diplomatic dispatchclassified cables sent between embassies and home governments

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