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sacking |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sack \Sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sacked}; p. pr & vb n. {Sacking}.] [See {Sack} pillage.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sacking \Sack"ing\, n. [AS. s[ae]ccing, from s[ae]cc sack, bag.] Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sacking n 1: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks [syn: {bagging}] 2: the act of terminating someone's employment [syn: {dismissal}, {discharge}, {firing}, {liberation}, {release}, {sack}]
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