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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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