sacking

Definitions


[ˈsakɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of dismissing someone from employment
(e.g: the offence merited a written warning that could lead to a sacking)

- the pillaging of a town or city
(e.g: Edward took Caen and subjected it to a brutal sacking)

- coarse material for making sacks; sackcloth


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries