sacked

The word “sacked” has 1 syllable: sacked

It's pronounced as /sækt/


What is synonym and antonym for sacked?

In the thesaurus, “sacked” has 79 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sacked along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for sacked

  • abolished
  • annihilated
  • axed
  • blasted
  • blighted
  • bounced
  • broke in
  • broken
  • burglarized
  • canned
  • cashiered
  • combed
  • consumed
  • demolished
  • despoiled
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • discharged
  • disintegrated
  • dismissed
  • downsized
  • ejected
  • eradicated
  • excessed
  • expelled
  • felled
  • fired
  • freed
  • furloughed
  • gutted
  • harried
  • hunted
  • incinerated
  • kicked out
  • killed
  • laid off
  • laid-off
  • let go
  • looted
  • lost
  • marauded
  • mustered out
  • obliterated
  • ousted
  • overwhelmed
  • pillaged
  • pink-slipped
  • plundered
  • raided
  • raked
  • ransacked
  • ravaged
  • ravished
  • razed
  • recalled
  • released
  • removed
  • replaced
  • retired
  • rifled
  • ripped off
  • ruined
  • rummaged
  • sent away
  • sent home
  • sent packing
  • separated
  • shattered
  • smashed
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • trimmed
  • turned off
  • unseated
  • wasted
  • wiped-out
  • wrecked

Antonyms for sacked

  • contracted
  • employed
  • engaged
  • fixed
  • hired
  • intact
  • kept
  • protected
  • re-employed
  • recruited
  • reemployed
  • rehired
  • repaired
  • restored
  • retained
  • saved
  • sober
  • subcontracted
  • successful
  • took on

Meanings of sacked

  • verb
    1. (games) To sacrifice.
    2. To put in a sack or sacks.
    3. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
    4. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
    5. To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
    6. To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
    7. In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.

Example Sentences

  • The football team sacked the quarterback multiple times during the game.
  • After the scandal, the CEO was sacked by the board of directors.
  • The invaders sacked the city, leaving chaos and destruction in their wake.
  • Despite his talent, the actor was sacked from the movie following a disagreement with the director.
  • The company sacked several employees due to budget cuts.

On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sacked, such as: abolished, annihilated, axed, blasted, blighted, bounced, broke in.

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Related Words

made away with

  • abducted
  • annihilated
  • appropriated
  • assassinated
  • blotted out
  • boosted
  • bumped off
  • burglarized
  • butchered
  • captured
  • carjacked
  • carried off
  • caught
  • claimed
  • collared
  • copped
  • crimped
  • croaked
  • cut down
  • decimated
  • destroyed
  • did away with
  • did for
  • did in
  • dispatched
  • euthanatized
  • euthanized
  • executed
  • felled
  • filched
  • finished
  • got
  • grabbed
  • grasped
  • heisted
  • highjacked
  • hijacked
  • hooked
  • iced
  • impressed
  • kidnaped
  • kidnapped
  • killed
  • killed off
  • knocked off
  • knocked over
  • lifted
  • looted
  • made off with
  • martyred
  • massacred
  • misappropriated
  • mooched
  • mowed
  • murdered
  • nailed
  • neutralized
  • nicked
  • nipped
  • offed
  • picked
  • pilfered
  • pillaged
  • pinched
  • plundered
  • poached
  • pocketed
  • purloined
  • put away
  • put down
  • ran off with
  • rifled
  • ripped off
  • robbed
  • rubbed out
  • rustled
  • sacked
  • scragged
  • seized
  • shanghaied
  • shoplifted
  • slaughtered
  • slew
  • smote
  • snatched
  • snitched
  • snuffed
  • spirited
  • sponged
  • stole
  • suicided
  • swiped
  • terminated
  • thieved
  • took
  • took out
  • walked off with
  • wasted
  • waylaid
  • whacked

made off with

  • abducted
  • appropriated
  • boosted
  • burglarized
  • captured
  • carjacked
  • caught
  • collared
  • copped
  • crimped
  • filched
  • grabbed
  • grasped
  • heisted
  • highjacked
  • hijacked
  • hooked
  • impressed
  • kidnaped
  • kidnapped
  • knocked over
  • lifted
  • looted
  • made away with
  • misappropriated
  • mooched
  • nailed
  • nicked
  • nipped
  • picked
  • pilfered
  • pillaged
  • pinched
  • plundered
  • poached
  • pocketed
  • purloined
  • ran off with
  • rifled
  • ripped off
  • robbed
  • rustled
  • sacked
  • seized
  • shanghaied
  • shoplifted
  • snatched
  • snitched
  • spirited
  • sponged
  • stole
  • swiped
  • thieved
  • took
  • walked off with
  • waylaid

sabotaged

  • annihilated
  • arrested
  • baffled
  • banged up
  • bottlenecked
  • braked
  • broke
  • checked
  • constrained
  • curbed
  • damaged
  • decelerated
  • defaced
  • demolished
  • depredated
  • desecrated
  • despoiled
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • encumbered
  • foiled
  • frustrated
  • graffitied
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • harmed
  • held back
  • held up
  • hindered
  • hobbled
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • looted
  • marauded
  • marred
  • obstructed
  • pillaged
  • plundered
  • ransacked
  • ravaged
  • ravened
  • razed
  • reined
  • restrained
  • retarded
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • scourged
  • set back
  • shattered
  • slackened
  • slowed
  • smashed
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • spoliated
  • stopped
  • tagged
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • tore down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • trashed
  • vandalized
  • violated
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • wracked
  • wrecked

abolished

  • abated
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • archaic
  • asleep
  • atomized
  • avoided
  • banned
  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • blew up
  • blighted
  • blotted out
  • broke down
  • broken
  • bygone
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • cold
  • collapsed
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • crashed
  • crushed
  • cut
  • dashed
  • dead
  • dead and gone
  • decayed
  • deceased
  • decimated
  • defunct
  • demolished
  • departed
  • desolated
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • disappeared
  • discarded
  • disintegrated
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolved
  • ditched
  • done for
  • doomed
  • doused
  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • exanimate
  • excised
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • exterminated
  • extinct
  • extinguished
  • extirpated
  • fallen
  • felled
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forgotten
  • fragmented
  • frittered
  • gone
  • gutted
  • inactive
  • incinerated
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • lapsed
  • late
  • lifeless
  • liquidated
  • lost
  • misspent
  • misused
  • negated
  • no longer known
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • obsolete
  • ousted
  • out-of-date
  • outlawed
  • outmoded
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • overwhelmed
  • passed on
  • past
  • perished
  • powdered
  • prohibited
  • pulverized
  • quashed
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • recalled
  • rejected
  • removed
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • set aside
  • shattered
  • smashed
  • snuffed out
  • splintered
  • squandered
  • struck down
  • subverted
  • superseded
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • tore down
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • unknown
  • unremembered
  • vacated
  • vanished
  • vanquished
  • vetoed
  • void
  • voided
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • wiped-out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

laid off

  • abolished
  • aborted
  • annulled
  • arrested
  • at liberty
  • axed
  • between jobs
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • braked
  • broke
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • brought back
  • called
  • canned
  • cease
  • ceased
  • checked
  • clamped down
  • closed-down
  • collecting unemployment
  • collecting unemployment benefits
  • completed
  • concluded
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • dammed
  • deactivated
  • delayed
  • demolished
  • desist
  • destroyed
  • detained
  • discharge
  • discharged
  • discontinued
  • disengaged
  • dismiss
  • dismissed
  • displaced
  • dissolved
  • down
  • drop
  • dropped
  • ejected
  • end
  • ended
  • expelled
  • finished
  • fire
  • fired
  • free
  • freed
  • furloughed
  • gave over
  • give a rest
  • give up
  • had done with
  • halt
  • halted
  • held
  • held back
  • hindered
  • idle
  • impeded
  • inactive
  • jobless
  • kiboshed
  • killed
  • knocked off
  • laid-off
  • leave alone
  • leave off
  • left off
  • leisured
  • let go
  • let up
  • lie by
  • loafing
  • obstructed
  • on layoff
  • on the bench
  • on the dole
  • on the shelf
  • oust
  • ousted
  • out of a job
  • out of action
  • out of work
  • paused
  • pay off
  • put the kibosh on
  • quit
  • quitted
  • recalled
  • released
  • removed
  • replaced
  • rest
  • resting
  • retire early
  • retired
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • scuttled
  • sent away
  • sent home
  • shut off
  • snuffed
  • spell
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • stamped
  • stanched
  • staunched
  • stayed
  • stemmed
  • stopped
  • stunted
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • turned back
  • unapplied
  • underemployed
  • unemployed
  • unengaged
  • unexercised
  • unoccupied
  • unused
  • without employment
  • without gainful employment
  • workless

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