Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sacking

2 senses of sacking

Sense 1
sacking, bagging -- (coarse fabric used for bags or sacks)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

Sense 2
dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking -- (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))
       => termination, ending, conclusion -- (the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sack

4 senses of sack

Sense 1
sack, plunder -- (plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome")
       => take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")

Sense 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")
       => remove -- (remove from a position or an office)

Sense 3
net, sack, sack up, clear -- (make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million")
       => profit, gain, benefit -- (derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience")

Sense 4
sack -- (put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions")
       => encase, incase, case -- (enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud")
          Phrasal Verb-> sack up#1

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