"sacked" in the verb sense
1. sack, plunder
plunder (a town) after capture
"the barbarians sacked Rome"
2. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today"
"The company terminated 25% of its workers"
3. net, sack, sack up, clear
make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"
4. sack
put in a sack
"The grocer sacked the onions"
"sacked" in the adjective sense
1. despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
"the raped countryside"
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