sack

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. bag; destruction, pillage; wine. —v. t. ravage, plunder, pillage, despoil; slang, discharge, fire. See stealing, receptacle, ejection.

- sack out

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A bag]

Syn. sac, pouch, pocket; see bag , container .

2. [*Dismissal from a job; used with ""the'' ]

Syn. notice, discharge, pink slip*, the can*; see removal 1 .

• hit the sack*,

Syn. go to bed, to rest, go to sleep, retire; see sleep .

v.

1. [To raid]

Syn. pillage, plunder, loot; see raid , ravage , rob .

See Synonym Study at ravage .

2. [*To dismiss from a job]

Syn. fire, discharge, lay off, can*; see dismiss 2 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

bag, pouch, satchel, knapsack.

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v.

1. fire discharge, *ax, *give pink slip, dismiss, *send packing, *give walking papers, lay off.

2. Sl. tackle down, bring down.

3. plunder loot, pillage, ransack, despoil, rob.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb Slang. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal: ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang: boot1, bounce, can. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See KEEP.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Slang. The act of dismissing or the condition of being dismissed from employment: discharge, dismissal, termination. Informal: ax. Slang: boot1, bounce. See KEEP.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, spoliate, strip1. Archaic: harrow, spoil. See CRIMES, GIVE.