sacked

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence“the raped countryside”Synonyms: despoiledpillagedrapedravaged
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sack \Sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sacking.] [See Sack pillage.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. [1913 Webster]

The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

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