Sack (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

• Can
• Terminate
• Displace
• Dismiss
• Fire
• Force Out
• Give The Axe
• Give The Sack
• Send Away
• Give Notice

Hypernyms

• Remove

Hyponyms

• Drop
• Lay Off
• Dismiss
• Send Packing
• Clean Out
• Retire
• Pension Off
• Furlough
• Squeeze Out
• Send Away

Related Words

• Sacking (noun)
• Sack (noun)

Meaning ²

Put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

• Incase
• Case

Related Words

• Sack Up (verb)
• Sack (noun)

Meaning ³

Plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Plunder

Related Words

• Sack (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Examples

• The tech firm managed to sack significant profits from their latest product launch.
• Their innovative marketing approach helped them sack a sizeable amount in revenue during the sale event.
• In her first year of business the entrepreneur was thrilled to sack a substantial net profit.
• Thanks to savvy investments the investor was able to sack a considerable return by the end of the financial year.
• By expanding into new markets they successfully sacked additional revenue sources.

Synonyms

• Sack Up
• Clear
• Net

Hypernyms

• Benefit
• Profit