dispassion
- n objectivity and detachment
her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone
dispatch
- n an official report (usually sent in haste)
- n the act of sending off something
- n the property of being prompt and efficient
it was done with dispatch - n killing a person or animal
- v send away towards a designated goal
- v complete or carry out
- v kill intentionally and with premeditation
- v dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
He dispatched the task he was assigned - v kill without delay
the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators
dispatch box
- n case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables