Break and Sack

Break

Break verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

Usage example: the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander

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Sack and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sack" instead the word "Break" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Sack verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

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Break and sack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Sack" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: sacked, sacking, sackful

full	full break	full sack
total	total break	total sack
single	single break	single sack
brutal	brutal break	brutal sack
Other adjectives: small, entire, big, huge, little, red.

break siege

sack siege

And then they have the Angels, a sad-sack expansion team who, for four decades, could never catch a break.

Source: The Unfavourite aka: The Un Favorite
That is your gate Stannis means to break down, this is your city he means to sack.

Source: Rape, Pillage, and Burn
Conan, meanwhile, manages to break out of prison on his own, and decides that he could probably use the sack of gold and the fast horse that Murillo promised him once the job was done, so he heads to the mansion as well.

Source: Literature / Rogues in the House

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