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sacked

[ sakt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Informal. dismissed or discharged from a job:
The company was forced to recognize union rights and reinstate the sacked workers.
Football. (of the quarterback) tackled behind the line of scrimmage before being able to throw a pass:
We've all seen it and winced—the sacked quarterback who can't get up.
put into a sack or sacks:
The creek channel is constrained by the sacked concrete used to reinforce both of its banks in the 1950s.
I let him push the cart with my sacked groceries out to my parked car.

sacked

[ sakt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

destroyed or pillaged, as after capture:
In the 13th century, Nicaea was a haven for refugees from the sacked city of Constantinople.

Origin of sacked¹

First recorded in 1880–85; 1930–35 sacked ¹fordef 1; sack ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; sack ¹( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Origin of sacked²

First recorded in 1590–1600; sack ²( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; sack ²( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

On Friday, she sacked Roger Goodell, basically asking: “Hey Commissioner, ever hear of double-jeopardy?”

A medical examiner who would confuse the two of them should be sacked.

Wilson was sacked 44 times in just 458 attempts, or once in about every 10 drop backs.

The NCAA wants to kill collective bargaining for “student-athletes” in the crib before its lucrative business model get sacked.

The sacked employee had then spent months planning the vengeful act on his ex-boss.

One of these bands sacked the Turkish town of Arta, in Epirus slaughtering the inhabitants, and setting their houses on fire.

It seems that so much of my purpose has come off, and Cedercrantz and Pilsach are sacked.

It was sacked on several occasions during the religious wars in the 16th century.

The church of the Carmelites, who were also suspected of some guilty knowledge of Warfuse's plot, was sacked.

The screen of the hearth of his forge was broken down; the storm had sacked and devastated his workshop.

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