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1. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
   "the sacked countryside";
   - despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged

1. Plunder (a town) after capture
   "the barbarians sacked Rome";
   - plunder
    
2. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   "The boss sacked his secretary today";
   - displace, fire, give notice, can [N. Amer, informal], dismiss, give the axe [informal], send away, force out, give the sack, terminate
    
3. Make as a net profit
   "The company sacked $1 million";
   - net, sack up, clear
    
4. Put in a sack
   "The grocer sacked the onions"

See also: destroyed

Type of: benefit, case, encase, gain, incase, profit, remove, take

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