ransack
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ransacked, past participle; ransacks, 3rd person singular present; ransacking, present participle; ransacked, past tense;
/ˈranˌsak/,/ranˈsak/,
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ransacked, past participle; ransacks, 3rd person singular present; ransacking, present participle; ransacked, past tense;
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Go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage
- - burglars ransacked her home
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Search through (a place or receptacle) to find something, esp. in such a way as to cause disorder and damage
- - Hollywood ransacks the New York stage for actors
Web Definitions:
- plunder: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
- comb: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
- (ransacked) looted: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
- (ransacking) a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
- Ransack is the name of several fictional characters in the universe of the Transformers toyline.
- To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray; To examine carefully; to investigate
- to search thoroughly or vigorously, especially for booty or spoils, loot or PLUNDER; to PILLAGE, being derived from "seek" or "examine", but obscurely akin to 'ramshackle'. See FORAGE, COMMANDEER, SPOILS OF WAR, HAVOC, ROMAN HOLIDAY.
- To cause a chest to generate less loot by using it often.
- Done by a Viking chief. - Joseph Leff
- to search thoroughly for something to hunt