Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, release, sack, sacking, firing, liberation
Definition: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Similar words: termination, conclusion, ending
Definition: the act of ending something
Usage: the termination of the agreement
Synonyms: sack
Definition: the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
Usage: the sack of Rome
Similar words: plundering, pillage, pillaging
Definition: the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Usage: the plundering of the Parthenon; his plundering of the great authors
Synonyms: chemise, shift, sack
Definition: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Definition: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
Similar words: bed
Definition: a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
Usage: he sat on the edge of the bed; the room had only a bed and chair
Synonyms: sack, carrier bag, paper bag, poke
Definition: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
Similar words: bag
Definition: a flexible container with a single opening
Usage: he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
Definition: a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
Similar words: jacket
Definition: a short coat
Synonyms: sack
Definition: any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
Similar words: white wine
Definition: pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation
Definition: the quantity contained in a sack
Similar words: containerful
Definition: the quantity that a container will hold
Synonyms: pocket, pouch, sac, sack
Definition: an enclosed space
Usage: the trapped miners found a pocket of air
Similar words: enclosed space, cavity
Definition: space that is surrounded by something
Synonyms: sack
Definition: put in a sack
Usage: The grocer sacked the onions
Similar words: incase, encase, case
Definition: enclose in, or as if in, a case
Usage: my feet were encased in mud
Synonyms: sack, sack up, net, clear
Definition: make as a net profit
Usage: The company cleared $1 million
Similar words: profit, gain, benefit
Definition: derive a benefit from
Usage: She profited from his vast experience
Definition: plunder (a town) after capture
Usage: the barbarians sacked Rome
Similar words: take
Definition: take by force
Usage: Hitler took the Baltic Republics; The army took the fort on the hill
Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, send away, sack, terminate, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack
Definition: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Usage: The boss fired his secretary today; The company terminated 25% of its workers
Similar words: remove
Definition: remove from a position or an office