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Synonyms for sack
sæksack
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sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bagnoun
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
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pocket, paper bag, lagger, firing, thrust, scoke, release, carrier bag, jab, poke, sacking, laggard, lick, chemise, clout, drone, sacque, hammock, trailer, slug, dismissal, punch, jabbing, pigeon berry, liberation, biff, sac, dawdler, shift, pouch, dismission, thrusting, discharge, poking, garget, sackfulpouch, sac, sack, pocketnoun
an enclosed space
"the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
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dismissal, firing, hammock, sackful, air pocket, dismission, scoop, carrier bag, pouch, chemise, discharge, release, sac, sacking, paper bag, shift, sacque, pocket, air hole, theca, liberation, pokesack, sackfulnoun
the quantity contained in a sack
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dismissal, firing, pocket, hammock, dismission, carrier bag, pouch, chemise, discharge, liberation, release, sac, sacking, paper bag, shift, sacque, sackful, pokesacknoun
any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
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dismissal, firing, pocket, hammock, dismission, carrier bag, pouch, chemise, discharge, liberation, release, sac, sacking, paper bag, shift, sacque, sackful, pokesack, sacquenoun
a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
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dismissal, firing, pocket, hammock, dismission, carrier bag, pouch, chemise, discharge, liberation, release, sac, sacking, paper bag, shift, sacque, sackful, pokehammock, sacknoun
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
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dismissal, liberation, mound, hammock, sackful, hummock, dismission, pouch, carrier bag, knoll, chemise, discharge, release, sac, sacking, paper bag, shift, hillock, sacque, pocket, firing, pokechemise, sack, shiftnoun
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
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pocket, paper bag, firing, liberation, duty period, shift key, release, transmutation, carrier bag, poke, sacking, displacement, faulting, chemise, switch, geological fault, teddy, sacque, shifting, hammock, break, shimmy, dismissal, sac, fault, shift, fracture, pouch, switching, discharge, work shift, dismission, transformation, slip, sackfulsacknoun
the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
"the sack of Rome"
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dismissal, firing, pocket, hammock, dismission, carrier bag, pouch, chemise, discharge, liberation, release, sac, sacking, paper bag, shift, sacque, sackful, pokedismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sackingverb
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
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lighting, paper bag, electric discharge, firing, outpouring, pink slip, liberation, spark, judgement of dismissal, spillage, release, run, freeing, carrier bag, spill, kindling, sacking, electric arc, chemise, fire, emission, sacque, tone ending, poke, hammock, firing off, departure, arc, dismissal, press release, expelling, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exit, judgment of dismissal, sac, pocket, shift, bagging, loss, inflammation, going, discharge, venting, pouch, handout, vent, dismission, acquittance, ignition, passing, sackfulsack, plunderverb
plunder (a town) after capture
"the barbarians sacked Rome"
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ransack, send away, spoil, violate, foray, pillage, reave, give notice, sack up, clear, give the sack, force out, rifle, dismiss, displace, can, rape, despoil, strip, net, loot, terminate, plunder, give the axe, firedisplace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminateverb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
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throw out, kindle, notify, depose, advise, gouge, go off, give the axe, burn, tin, can, apprize, rout out, plunder, enkindle, give the sack, put up, end, give the bounce, evict, elicit, discount, finish, move, fire, stop, arouse, drive out, crowd out, brush off, squeeze out, give notice, open fire, usher out, displace, send packing, send word, apprise, dissolve, push aside, dismiss, give the gate, raise, clear, ignore, provoke, sack up, burn down, cease, squirt, rouse, brush aside, discharge, evoke, fuel, force out, preempt, eject, terminate, disregard, drop, send away, netnet, sack, sack up, clearverb
make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"
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discharge, earn, net, elucidate, pull in, bring in, give the axe, pass, web, assoil, can, plunder, shed light on, take in, give the sack, illuminate, light up, acquit, solve, make, fire, crystallise, realize, sack up, gain, give notice, displace, exculpate, unclutter, dismiss, crystalise, exonerate, crystalize, brighten, authorise, realise, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, nett, straighten out, force out, top, clear, sort out, terminate, send away, authorizesackverb
put in a sack
"The grocer sacked the onions"
Synonyms:
terminate, displace, give the axe, fire, can, dismiss, give notice, net, force out, send away, give the sack, sack up, clear, plunder
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
sacknoun
sacknoun
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spoliation, destruction, desolation, devastation, havoc, waste, ravagesacknoun
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sherry, sherry winesackverb
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ravage, despoil, devastate, spoil, destroy, plunder, pillage, rifle, ransack, lay waste, take by storm
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How to use sack in a sentence?
When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.
A fact is like a sack -- it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack
The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.
I asked her to have a look inside the hessian sack and then went down on one knee, she was speechless.
Translations for sack
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- sakAfrikaans
- كيسArabic
- тоҡBashkir
- мяшокBelarusian
- чувалBulgarian
- destituir, despedir, acomiadarCatalan, Valencian
- pytelCzech
- fyre, sækfuld, sækDanish
- Sack, Sack voll, Beutel, Sackvoll, plündern, Tüte, PapiersackGerman
- σακί, απόλυση, απολύω, κουρσεύω, κούρσεμα, τσουβάλι, σακούλα, λεηλασία, την πέφτω για ύπνο, σάκκος, λάφυρα, διαγουμίζω, λεηλατώ, διαγούμισμαGreek
- sakoEsperanto
- saquear, despedido, saqueo, bolsa, saco, despedir, botínSpanish
- kottEstonian
- ساک, کیسه, گونیPersian
- antaa potkut, munat, potkut, saalis, lyödä munille, säkillinen, ryöstösaalis, ryöstö, säkki, sammahtaa, pussit, ryöstää, pehkutFinnish
- sekkurFaroese
- butin, coucher, saccager, lit, virer, pieu, sac, paquetFrench
- màileid, poca, bagaScottish Gaelic
- שַׂק, אַמְתַּחַתHebrew
- zsákHungarian
- քսակ, պարկArmenian
- sakoIdo
- poki, posi, sekkurIcelandic
- saccheggiare, benservito, saccheggio, fare man bassa, sacco, bottino, predare, scrotoItalian
- 袋, サックJapanese
- განთავისუფლება, ნაძარცვი, პარკი, ძარცვა, ტომარა, დათხოვნაGeorgian
- 자루Korean
- saccus, culeusLatin
- maissLatvian
- pāhua, pana, pāhuahua, taeatanga, romi, pananga, mūrei, parakete, pēkeMāori
- вреќаMacedonian
- karung, guniMalay
- zak, plunderenDutch
- sekk, poseNorwegian Nynorsk
- sparken, sekk, plyndre, poseNorwegian
- naaltsoos azisNavajo, Navaho
- worekPolish
- saca, despedido, sacoPortuguese
- sac, prădaRomanian
- награбленное, куль, грабёж, увольнение, мошонка, постель, мешо́к, разграбление, добыча, мудоRussian
- sacuSardinian
- vreća, врећаSerbo-Croatian
- vreceSlovak
- torba, bisagaSlovene
- thesAlbanian
- plundring, säck, sparken, säckfullSwedish
- guniaSwahili
- çuvalTurkish
- мішо́кUkrainian
- זעק, זאַקYiddish
- 解僱Chinese
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