sack#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def the plundering of a place by an army or mob
def usually involves destruction and slaughter
examples the sack of Rome
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Hypernym plundering, pillage, pillaging
Derivationally related form sack → sack
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Hyponym plundering, pillage, pillaging
Derivationally related form sack → sack

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