Antonyms for sackings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sak-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæk ɪŋ

Definition of sackings

Origin : "large bag," Old English sacc (West Saxon), sec (Mercian), sæc (Old Kentish) "large cloth bag," also "sackcloth," from Proto-Germanic *sakkiz (cf. Middle Dutch sak, Old High German sac, Old Norse sekkr, but Gothic sakkus probably is directly from Greek), an early borrowing from Latin saccus (also source of Old French sac, Spanish saco, Italian sacco), from Greek sakkos, from Semitic (cf. Hebrew saq "sack").
The wide spread of the word is probably due to the Biblical story of Joseph, in which a sack of corn figures (Gen. xliv). Baseball slang sense of "a base" is attested from 1913. Slang meaning "bunk, bed" is from 1825, originally nautical. The verb meaning "go to bed" is recorded from 1946. Sack race attested from 1805.

As in vandalism : noun destruction
As in burlap : noun fabric
As in liquidation : noun annihilation
As in obliteration : noun annihilation
As in ruination : noun destruction
As in depredation : noun devastation, destruction
As in destruction : noun demolition, devastation

Example sentences :

They all slept on the sackings of cots, beds being provided only in the infirmary.
Extract from : « A Trip to Cuba » by Julia Ward Howe

The accounts of the sackings, fires and butcheries made him turn pale and gnash his teeth.
Extract from : « The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse » by Vicente Blasco Ibanez

I seemed to see fierce brawlings and sackings in progress in this very garden.
Extract from : « Love Among the Chickens » by P. G. Wodehouse

Synonyms for sackings

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