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sacking

verb
  1. (games) To sacrifice.

    "I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon."

verb
  1. To put in a sack or sacks.

    "Help me sack the groceries."

  2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

  3. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

    "The barbarians sacked Rome."

Synonymsloot, ransack, rack, axe, can, dismiss
noun
  1. Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).

    "The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow."

  2. Firing or termination of an employee.

    "He followed his sacking with a good drink."

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