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verb (1)

past tense of sack
as in dismissed
to let go from office, service, or employment he was sacked for showing up late once too often

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verb (2)

past tense of sack
as in plundered
to search through with the intent of committing robbery thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace

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Recent Examples of sacked
Verb
Come the end of the season, Frank had been sacked and Tottenham only just stayed up. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The Jayhawks trailed by six and got the ball at their 11 with 17 seconds left, but Missouri sealed the 36-28 victory with a safety when Lorenzo Williams sacked Reesing in the end zone. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 Since Straus was sacked in mid-June, however, the team has lost just once in eight matches under interim coach Leif Gunnar Smerud, pulling to within one spot and three points of a playoff berth. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Bladow was sacked four times in the first half, and Rand blocked a punt that bounced out of the end zone for a safety in the second quarter in a demonstrative 18-0 shutout for Chaminade in its home opener. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026 Browning was 9 of 12 for 84 yards, but was also sacked three times before giving way to Daniels, who finished 9 of 14 for 71 yards and his TD throw to Kieft. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Daniels was sacked once and threw an incompletion on his only pass attempt. — CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026 After the third consecutive three-and-out ended with Young getting sacked, former Panther QB Jake Delhomme spoke for a lot of fans on the TV broadcast. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2026 Cofnas was sacked by Cambridge in the wake of controversy caused by his comments. — Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacked
  1. dismissed
  2. plundered
  3. removed
  4. looted
  5. fired
  6. pillaged
  7. retired
  8. raided
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  • Fedorov, a popular minister credited with modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces and accelerating the military’s embrace of technology and drone warfare, was dismissed last month after reportedly falling out with the country’s top military commander.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Gonzalez Rogers initially dismissed the case, though the Supreme Court later took it up and ruled that consumers could sue the company.
    — Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • The class-action deal covers relatives of people who donated bodies between January 2018 and March 2023, amid uncertainty over which cadavers Lodge plundered before cremation or return to families.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a manual telescope.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of plundered
Verb
  • The locomotive’s engine cylinders have been removed, and its crankcase was bare.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The vaccine, in combination with Keytruda , met key goals in patients with higher-risk or advanced melanoma whose detectable cancer had been completely removed through surgery.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of removed
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  • But his house had been looted, his belongings, including two decades’ worth of journals, redistributed or destroyed.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The drum topped a list of 148 objects that Côte d’Ivoire requested from France in 2019; the petition followed French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 pledge to return works of art looted in Africa during the colonial era.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of looted
Verb
  • Panettiere said she was fired from a decade-plus brand deal with Neutrogena after speaking out about postpartum depression in a 2015 interview on national TV.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Abreu hit a smash to first baseman Bryce Eldridge, who dove to knock it down, then fired a throw home.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of fired
Verb
  • But Nolan also throws a meditative new wrinkle into the story, as Odysseus comes to grips with his role in the Trojan War, leading the charge as his men raped, murdered and pillaged in his name.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026
  • For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Definition of pillaged
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  • Muriel Gonzalez, president of The Vitamin Shoppe, has retired from the health and wellness specialty chain , WWD has learned.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • His work complete, Gorman retired with Brind’Amour’s blessing and is now figuring out what’s next.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of retired
Verb
  • That summer, Detroit was paralyzed by a violent uprising, which erupted after the city’s predominantly white police force raided a night club in a Black neighborhood.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Court records show that only one of the suits, on behalf of a woman and three children whose apartment was allegedly raided three separate times, remains open.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of raided

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