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as in looting
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as in dismissing
to let go from office, service, or employment
he was sacked for showing up late once too often
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as in plundering
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 sacking
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
The country’s press regulator, IPSO, is looking into complaints after four right-leaning publications, including The Times and The Telegraph, called for his sacking over accusations of antisemitism.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
The confrontation went viral in December 2024, as cameras captured Gastineau confronting Favre in 2023 over Michael Strahan sacking the Green Bay Packers legend to break Gastineau's single-season sack record.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Noun
In a dramatic late-night sacking of a network news icon, CBS News has fired veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley.
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Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
The country’s press regulator, IPSO, is looking into complaints after four right-leaning publications, including The Times and The Telegraph, called for his sacking over accusations of antisemitism.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
Verb
John Franklin-Myers, who loved talking, sacking and eating Uncrustables, left as a free agent to the Titans.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
The confrontation went viral in December 2024, as cameras captured Gastineau confronting Favre in 2023 over Michael Strahan sacking the Green Bay Packers legend to break Gastineau's single-season sack record.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacking
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Long-term restoration projects address damage caused by war, weather and looting, including the broken outline of the western side.
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This looting of the Treasury has apparently been averted, following a rare revolt by Republican lawmakers.
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But his tenure was also marked by a notoriously volatile temperament that ultimately led to his dismissal in September 2000.
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Just a brutal start for Qatar, which now gets a red card and the dismissal of Homam El Amin.
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Your method of dismissing your flippant remarks, then, is probably the next best option to silence.
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Kerry Washington completely dismissing Seth Meyers’s home life absolutely slays.
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New genetic data indicates that cats feeding off the abundant rodents plundering human food stores domesticated themselves for similar reasons around 10,000 years ago.
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But Texas Tech isn't the only program from the Lone Star State whose commit list LSU is plundering.
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Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.
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In fact, researchers know that pirates – basically just thieves on the water – targeted these river boats, because Egyptian pharaohs left records grumbling about pirates and their widespread pillaging.
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Michael Reaves / Getty Images The decision to hire May fell in the lap of Mavericks president Masai Ujiri, who took over the team last month following the firing of former GM Nico Harrison in November.
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Johnson’s Office of Community Safety has seen major and sudden changes in recent months, particularly in Johnson’s sudden firing of Gatewood.
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Crews are focusing on the 15 feet along the roadsides, trimming trees that are still alive to help prevent fire from laddering into the crowns and removing dead trees.
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In fact, according to Rakestraw, one of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is assuming the babies have been abandoned and removing them immediately.
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The showpiece against the hosts was the first genuinely one-sided final in the competition, with the Swedes unable to cope with Pele, Vava, Garrincha and the marauding Djalma Santos.
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But the porcine population has ballooned and now everyone’s up to their eyes in rampaging, marauding boars.
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“Sacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacking. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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