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sacked

 
Adjective sacked has 1 sense
  1. despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked - having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"
    Antonym: preserved (indirect, via destroyed)
Verb sack has 4 senses
  1. sack, plunder - plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
    --1 is one way to take
    Derived form: noun sack8
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
    --2 is one way to remove
    Derived forms: noun sack9, noun sacking2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
  3. net, sack, sack up, clear - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
    --3 is one way to profit, gain, benefit
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. sack - put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"
    --4 is one way to
    encase, incase, case
    Derived forms: noun sack3, noun sack1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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