vverb.possessionplunder (a town) after captureSynset:plunder sack
Examples:- the barbarians sacked Rome
Derivationally Related Form:plunderageplunderersackplunderplundering
Hypernyms:take
Inherited Hypernyms:sacktake
Entailment:destroy ruin
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or positionSynset:can dismiss displace fire force out give notice give the axe give the sack sack send away terminate
Examples:- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
Antonyms:hire
Derivationally Related Form:dismissiblesackfiringsackingdismissaldismission
Hypernyms:remove
Inherited Hypernyms:displaceremove
Direct Hyponyms:clean outdismissdropfurloughlay offpension offretiresend awaysend packingsqueeze out
Full Troponyms:clean outdismissdownsizefurloughpension offretiresqueeze outsuperannuate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: give the axe, give the sack)
vverb.possessionmake as a net profitSynset:clear net sack sack up
Examples:- The company cleared $1 million
Hypernyms:benefit gain profit
Inherited Hypernyms:netprofitget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactput in a sackExamples:- The grocer sacked the onions
Derivationally Related Form:sack
Hypernyms:case encase incase
Inherited Hypernyms:sackencaseenclosesurroundtouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allhaving been robbed and destroyed by force and violenceSynset:despoiled pillaged raped ravaged
Antonyms:preserved
Inherited Hypernyms:despoiled
Similar to:destroyed