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SACKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Synonyms:
discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sacking" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sacking"):
superannuation (the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension))
conge; congee (an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal)
removal (dismissal from office)
deactivation; inactivation (breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges))
honorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record)
dishonorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder))
Section Eight (a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable)
Derivation:
sack (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
Synonyms:
bagging; sacking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sacking" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Meronyms (substance of "sacking"):
jute (a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sacking"):
burlap; gunny (coarse jute fabric)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb sack
