What is the meaning of sacking?

noun

• Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks.
  • synonyms: bagging
• The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart.
  • synonyms: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack

verb

• Plunder (a town) after capture.
  • usage: "the barbarians sacked Rome"
  • synonyms: sack, plunder
• Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
  • usage: "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
  • synonyms: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Make as a net profit.
  • usage: "The company cleared $1 million"
  • synonyms: net, sack, sack up, clear
• Put in a sack.
  • usage: "The grocer sacked the onions"
  • synonyms: sack