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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Dispatched

Hi, is "dispatched" here it's like to dispatch a missle?

"Even as Penn remained on Lieberman’s payroll, Clinton dispatched him to do a hush-hush poll of voters in Iowa"
  

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It means "sent".

  • It means "sent".
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Hi,

It's a dramatic way of saying 'sent'.

Clive
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Hi,

Like here "he dispatched messages back to base" so to dispatch a missle?

Yes.

Clive

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