sack
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- noun
- /sæk/
- Archaic
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saqueo
- After the sack of the town by invading forces, many citizens were left homeless.
- the sack of Rome
Not just symbolic, I mean damaging and, and, and shocking, but most of all symbolic sacking of Rome by Alaric and the Goths.
- Not just symbolic, I mean damaging and, and, and shocking, but most of all symbolic sacking of Rome by Alaric and the Goths.
Examples
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Pillage and sack of private dwellings took place hourly.
Blog text (21) -
On April 14, 2003, in the midst of another sack of the city, looters set fire to Iraq's National Library and the library of its Ministry for Religious Endowments.
Academic text (2003) -
The action is the sack and destruction of the city in the course of a tempest seen in the distance.
Blog text (3) -
Further, it had contributed greatly to the undermining of Church authority critical to the success of imperial rhetoric after the Sack of Rome.
Academic text (2000) -
This included the long-awaited and overdue sack of Athens, another box on their list of objectives checked.
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Not just symbolic, I mean damaging and, and, and shocking, but most of all symbolic sacking of Rome by Alaric and the Goths.
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After the conquest and sack of the Incan Empire by Spain, the Indians invented the legend of El Dorado, a land of gold located in the swamps of the Amazon tributaries.
Academic text (1993) -
Although some advisors urged the emperor to take advantage of the Pope's defeat, it soon became obvious, given the protest the sack and the Pope's captivity generated all over Europe, that the official response would have to distance Charles from the action, while at the same time suggesting a providential source for the tragedy.
Academic text (2000) -
As Latin secretary to Charles V and the chief imperial apologist after the sack of Rome in 1527, Alfonso de Valdes drafted the letters the Emperor sent to European heads of state to explain and distance himself from the destruction wrought by his troops.
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The army's sack of the city left buildings in ruins and residents in despair.
Synonyms
Idioms
A thing or deal you accept before you know its real value that often turns out disappointing
Compounds
A piece of clothing with thin straps behind the neck and a loose straight shape
How Destructive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sack for the looting of a town comes from the idea of taking goods into 'bags' during an attack; a sack of a city meant its treasures and goods were carried away.