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sacked

[sakt] / sækt /
ADJECTIVE
destroyed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
broken demolished devastated lost ravaged ruined shattered smashed wrecked
STRONG
abolished annihilated blasted blighted consumed devoured disintegrated eradicated felled incinerated killed obliterated overwhelmed razed totaled wasted
WEAK
gutted torn down wiped-out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fixed repaired sober successful
WEAK
intact protected restored saved
ADJECTIVE
discharged
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fired freed laid-off released
STRONG
axed canned ejected expelled furloughed ousted recalled replaced
WEAK
let go sent away sent home

Example Sentences

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Sacked by Watford after just 10 league games in 2022 before leading the Hornets' arch rivals Luton into the Premier League, Edwards received a frosty reception at his old club.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

Sacked university lecturer Denis Skopin has studied the Stalin years.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2022

Sacked in midweek, it had all happened so fast that he felt like he’d never really been there.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2019

Sacked - Fired, which is better than the more literal alternative.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 11, 2018

"Sacked," in the New York vernacular, means discharged from a place.

From Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter by Alger, Horatio

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