U.S. Govt. Inf. rif.
sack1, v. 1. pillage, plunder, rob, despoil, Archaic. spoil, spoliate, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, depredate; ransack, loot, gut, fleece, strip, rifle, steal; raid, foray, forage, prey on or upon; desecrate, defile, outrage, violate.
2. devastate, lay waste, waste; desolate, wreak havoc upon, destroy, damage, ruin, vandalize; burn, level, raze, demolish.
3. pirate, freeboot, buccaneer, privateer, filibuster; burglarize, burgle, break in.
-n. 4. pillage, plunder, plundering, rapine, depredation, spoliation, despoliation, despoilment, Obs. direption, raven; ravaging, harrying, marauding, Archaic. maraud, sacking, Rare, sackage; raid, razzia, foray; foraging, looting, ravishment, seizure, grab, rape.
5. devastation, laying waste, desolation; destruction, ruin, burning, razing, leveling, vandalizing; vandalism, desecration, defilement, outrage, violation,
sackcloth, n. 1. sacking, coarse cloth, stout woven material, burlap, gunny, hopsacking, homespun, fustian, linsey-woolsey.
2. in sackcloth and ashes contrite, sorrowful, repentant, penitent, penitential, atoning; sorry, sorrowful, remorseful, compunctious, regretful, regretting, troubled, disturbed; conscience-stricken, guilt-ridden, self-reproachful; chastened, shamed, embarrassed,
sacrament, n. 1. ritual, rite, liturgy, ceremony, ceremonial, solemnity, observance; sign, symbol, token, mystery.
2. oath, pledge, promise, assurance, word, word of honor, vow, Archaic, troth, Archaic, plight; contract, compact, covenant, obligation, engagement, agreement.
3. (often cap.) the Eucharist, Lord's Supper.
4. (of Protestant churches) baptism, Lord's Supper.
5. (of Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches) baptism, confirmation, penance, the Eucharist, holy orders, matrimony, extreme unction.
sacred, adj. 1. consecrated, set apart, dedicated, devoted, sanctified; holy, blessed, blest, hallowed; purified, unspotted, clean.
2. religious, spiritual, heavenly, celestial, ethereal, supernal; devotional, ceremonial, ceremonious; ecclesiastical, churchly, church, priestly, hieratic; Biblical, scriptural.
3. divine, godlike, godly, deiform, deified, sainted, heaven-born; venerable, venerated, exalted, supreme.
4. sacrosanct, sacred-cow, inviolable, inviolate, un touchable, inalienable, indefeasible, unimpeachable, unchallengeable; safe, secure, protected, defended, unthreatened; invulnerable, unassailable, impregnable, sacrifice, n. 1. offering, gift, oblation, Chiefly Biblical. corban, libation; immolation, burnt offering, holocaust, human sacrifice, sacrificial slaughter or killing, hecatomb.