sack :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

haste, hurry, rush

n. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

catharsis, katharsis, abreaction

n. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

performance, execution, doing, carrying into action, carrying out

n. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"

appearance

n. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

discharge, firing, firing off

n. the act of discharging a gun

dispatch, despatch, shipment, dispatching

n. the act of sending off something

strip, foray, pillage, rifle, plunder, ransack, despoil, reave

v. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, lay waste to

v. devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

rape, plunder, violate, despoil

v. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

loot, plunder

v. take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

trap, trammel, snare, entrap, ensnare

v. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

kick, hit with the foot, strike with the foot

v. strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"

dethrone

v. remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

overthrow, bring down

v. cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

turn back, run off, drive off, dispel, chase away, drive away, drive out

v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

assuage, slake, quench, allay

v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

drop, dismiss, send away, send packing

v. stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

eliminate, do away with, get rid of

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

sack, net, clear, sack up

v. make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

sack, put in a sack

v. put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"

direct, send

v. cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

hire, engage, employ, give employment to

v. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

keep, continue, retain, keep on

v. allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"

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