| Main Entry: | sack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove from position of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
ax, bounce*, can*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, expel, fire, give a pink slip, give marching orders, give the boot, kick out, send packing, ship, terminate |
Antonyms: |
employ, hire |
| Main Entry: | sack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raid, plunder |
Synonyms: |
demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, fleece, gut, lay waste, loot, maraud, pillage, ravage, rifle, rob, ruin, spoil, spoliate, strip, waste |
Antonyms: |
guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from service |
Synonyms: |
boot, bounce*, can*, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, fire, get rid of, give a pink slip, give the boot, kick out, lay off, remove, sack, terminate, throw out |
Antonyms: |
hire |
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kick; oust |
Synonyms: |
ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack, shove, terminate, throw out |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evict |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot out, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, give one notice, give the heave ho, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw |
Antonyms: |
allow, let in, permit |
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fire from job |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot, bounce*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, give the heave ho, kick out, let go, sack, terminate |
| Notes: | can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to' |
Antonyms: |
employ, hire |
| Main Entry: | cashier |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard, expel |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot, bounce, break, can*, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, drum out, fire, give a pink slip, give the heave ho, heave, remove, sack, terminate |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in military manner |
Synonyms: |
ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, finish off, halt, hinder, impede, lick, mow down, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, prevail over, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, roll back, rout, route, sack, scatter, shipwreck, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, torpedo, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | desecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, violate |
Synonyms: |
befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, contaminate, defile, depredate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, dishonor, make lose face, mess up*, pervert, pillage, pollute, profane, prostitute, ravage, sack, spoil, spoliate, waste |
Antonyms: |
honor, praise, sanctify |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
Synonyms: |
depopulate, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devastate, devour, lay low, lay waste, pillage, plunder, ruin, sack, spoliate, waste |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, improve |