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sacking   (TTS Sound)

The noun sacking has 2 senses

• sacking, bagging -- (coarse fabric used for bags or sacks)


• dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking -- (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))

The verb sack has 4 senses

• sack, plunder -- (plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome")


• 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")


• net, sack, sack up, clear -- (make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million")


• sack -- (put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions")