A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
The act of doing something quickly.
The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
To send (a shipment) with promptness.
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
To send (a person) away hastily.
To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
To rid; to free.
To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.