sack

Loot a conquered place

Three words are spelled s-a-c-k.

The first is a bag without handles (paper sack).

If you sack something, you put it in a sack.

If you sack a person, you dismiss them from a job.

If you sack the quarterback, you tackle him behind the line of scrimmage.

If you wear a sack, you’re dressed in something loose fitting or perhaps shabby.

If you’re in the sack, you’re in bed, possibly having sex with someone.

The second means to plunder or loot: The invaders sacked Rome.

A sack is an instance of this.

The third is a white wine formerly made in Spain and the Canary Islands, which is called sack.

bag

burlap

Coarse woven fiber

hessianCoarse woven jute cloth
jutePlant fiber for sacking
gunnyCoarse jute fabric

pouch · tote · duffel · bindle · sandbag · mailbag · saddlebag · canvas · drawstring · bundle

plunder

loot

Stolen valuables

pillageViolent theft of goods
raidSudden armed incursion
ransackPlunder while destroying

despoil · spoils · booty · maraud · ravage · devastate · conquest · invade · siege · raze

firing

fire

Combustion with flames

layoffTermination without cause
terminateBring to an end
dismissSend away or reject

redundancy · pink slip · severance · discharge · let go · axe · boot · canned · dismissal · downsizing

football

quarterback

Passing position in football

tackleGear or takedown
fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
blitzSwift, overwhelming offensive

scramble · rush · pocket · snap · blindside · pass rush · defensive end · pressure · protection · collapse

sackcloth

ashes

Burned matter's residue

penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
mourningPeriod following loss
repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs

humility · lamentation · grief · atonement · biblical · penitent · hairshirt · coarse · rough · garment

bed

mattress

Padded sleeping surface

beddingMaterials covering a mattress
cotPortable sleeping frame
hammockHanging fabric bed

futon · berth · pallet · bedroll · bunk · crash · flop · sleep · turn in · retire

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burlap

loot

fire

quarterback

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