SACKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sacked mean? 

• SACKED (adjective)
  The adjective SACKED has 1 sense:

1. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

  Familiarity information: SACKED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

Synonyms:

despoiled; pillaged; raped; ravaged; sacked

Context example:

the raped countryside

Similar:

destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)

 Context examples 

It was him that sacked me without a character on the word of a lying corn-chandler.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was as if the tranquil sanctuary of my boyhood had been sacked before my face, and its peace and honour given to the winds.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It was my system which enabled me to find John Warner, late gardener of High Gable, sacked in a moment of temper by his imperious employer.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of "Marmion," where the girl was built up in the wall.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)