Dispatch vs. Release

To send a shipment with promptness.

To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness.

To send a journalist to a place in order to report.

To hurry.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

To rid; to free.

(obsolete) To deprive.

To destroy quickly and efficiently.

(computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).

A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.

The act of doing something quickly.

Example: ‘We must act with dispatch in this matter.’;

A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.

(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.

(obsolete) A dismissal.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Example: ‘Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch weThe business we have talked of.’; ‘[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.’;

To rid; to free.

Example: ‘I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.’;

To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

Example: ‘Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.’;

To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

Example: ‘Even with the speediest expeditionI will dispatch him to the emperor's cou .’;

To send out of the world; to put to death.

Example: ‘The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.’;

To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

Example: ‘They have dispatched with Pompey.’;

The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

Example: ‘To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.’;

The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

Example: ‘Serious business, craving quick dispatch.’; ‘To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.’;

A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

A message transmitted by telegraph.

an official report (usually sent in haste)

the act of sending off something

the property of being prompt and efficient;

Example: ‘it was done with dispatch’;

killing a person or animal

send away towards a designated goal

complete or carry out;

Example: ‘discharge one's duties’;

kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Example: ‘The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered’;

dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;

Example: ‘He dispatched the task he was assigned’;

kill without delay;

Example: ‘the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators’;

send off to a destination or for a purpose

Example: ‘the government dispatched 150 police to restore order’; ‘he dispatched messages back to base’;

deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently

Example: ‘the Welsh team were dispatched comfortably by the opposition’;

kill

Example: ‘he dispatched the animal with one blow’;

the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose

Example: ‘a resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force’;

promptness and efficiency

Example: ‘the situation might change, so he should proceed with dispatch’;

an official report on state or military affairs

Example: ‘in his battle dispatch he described the gunner's bravery’;

a report sent in from abroad by a journalist

Example: ‘he conducted meetings for the correspondents and censored their dispatches’;

the killing of someone or something

Example: ‘the executioner's merciful dispatch of his victims’;

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

(software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.

Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).

Example: ‘The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.’;

That which is released, untied or let go.

Example: ‘They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.’;

The giving up of a claim.

Liberation from pain or suffering.

(biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.

The act or manner of ending a sound.

In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.

A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.

A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.

The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.

To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.

Example: ‘He released his grasp on the lever.’;

To make available to the public.

Example: ‘They released the new product later than intended.’;

To free or liberate; to set free.

Example: ‘He was released after two years in prison.’;

To discharge.

Example: ‘They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.’;

(telephone) of a call To hang up.

Example: ‘If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call.’;

(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.

Example: ‘to release an ordinance’;

(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity

(biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.

(transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.

Example: ‘Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.’;

To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.

To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.

Example: ‘A sacred vow that none should aye release.’;

The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.

Relief from care, pain, or any burden.

Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.

The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.

A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required;

The act or manner of ending a sound.

In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.

merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film);

Example: ‘a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra’;

the act of liberating someone or something

a process that liberates or discharges something;

Example: ‘there was a sudden release of oxygen’; ‘the release of iodine from the thyroid gland’;

an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

euphemistic expressions for death;

Example: ‘thousands mourned his passing’;

a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion;

Example: ‘she had no other outlet for her feelings’; ‘he gave vent to his anger’;

the act of allowing a fluid to escape

a formal written statement of relinquishment

(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

release, as from one's grip;

Example: ‘Let go of the door handle, please!’; ‘relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall’;

grant freedom to; free from confinement

let (something) fall or spill a container;

Example: ‘turn the flour onto a plate’;

eliminate (substances) from the body

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale;

Example: ‘publish a magazine or newspaper’;

generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids;

Example: ‘secrete digestive juices’; ‘release a hormone into the blood stream’;

make (information) available publication;

Example: ‘release the list with the names of the prisoners’;

part with a possession or right;

Example: ‘I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest’; ‘resign a claim to the throne’;

make (assets) available;

Example: ‘release the holdings in the dictator's bank account’;