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sack

verb as in remove from position of responsibility

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Three of them told the BBC they were almost immediately sacked and have since described residents there being violent and possessing weapons.

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Another officer was heard to respond, "what a way to get sacked".

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An offensive line that allowed three sacks didn’t help, struggling to protect Iamaleava from the game’s first offensive play.

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Seven weeks ago the prime minister sacked Lucy Powell from his cabinet.

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Rajoelina sacked his energy minister and then his government - but this did little to quell the calls for him to step down.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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