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sacknoun a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)asked the bagger to put all the loaves of bread in the same sack bag, poke(chiefly Southern & Midland), pouch carryall, portmanteau, traveling bag, walletbundle, pack, package, packet, parcelbackpack, barracks bag, duffel bag, haversack, knapsack, rucksack, satchel, totehandbag, pocketbook, purse, tote bagditty bag, flight bag, garment bag, kit bag, shopping bag, work bag a place set aside for sleepingI think I'm ready to hit the sack bed, bunk, doss(chiefly British), hay(slang), kip, lair(British dialect), pad, rack bedstead, futon, mattress, palletbunk bed, cot, couch, daybed, feather bed, four-poster, hammock, Murphy bed, shakedown, sleigh bed, sofa, sofa bed, studio couch, trundle bed, water bedbassinet, carry-cot(British), cradle, crib sackverb1to let go from office, service, or employmenthe was sacked for showing up late once too often ax(or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, terminate, turn off downsize, excess, furlough, lay off, trimboot (out), chuck (out), drum (out), kick out, throw out, unseatseparate send packing, show (someone) the door employ, engage, hire, retain, sign (up or on), take on keepreemploy, rehirecontract, subcontractrecruit sackverb2to search through with the intent of committing robberythieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace despoil, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack break in, burglarize, rip off, steal (from)comb, hunt, rake, rifle, rummageharry, raidravish v.ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage, despoil mean to lay waste by plundering or destroying.ravage implies violent often cumulative depredation and destruction.a hurricane ravaged the coast devastate implies the complete ruin and desolation of a wide area.an earthquake devastated the city waste may imply producing the same result by a slow process rather than sudden and violent action.years of drought had wasted the area sack implies carrying off all valuable possessions from a place.barbarians sacked ancient Rome pillage implies ruthless plundering at will but without the completeness suggested by sack.settlements pillaged by Vikings despoil applies to looting or robbing without suggesting accompanying destruction.the Nazis despoiled the art museums before the 12th century |