ransack

Speech parts

1. ransack - Noun

2. ransack - Verb

Meaning

To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.

To plunder; to pillage completely.

To violate; to ravish; to defiour.

To make a thorough search.

The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

comb strip rifle plunder foray loot pillage despoil reave rob ferret rummage search seek explore
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Antonyms

dress clean safeguard enrich furnish mend
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Hypernyms

take search

Hyponyms

deplume displume

Derivatives

ransacked ransacking

Examples

They combed the area for the missing child Source: Internet

During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners Source: Internet

During Easter 1389, members of the Prague clergy announced that Jews had desecrated the host (Eucharistic wafer) and the clergy encouraged mobs to pillage, ransack and burn the Jewish quarter. Source: Internet

Black militiamen under a white leader ransack the Cameron house; the Cameron women are rescued by Confederate soldiers who rout the militia. Source: Internet

Is it smarter to ransack the meat section or clean out the medicine aisle? Source: Internet

Video shows a police officer being dragged by vehicle after looters ransack a Philadelphia furniture store on October 27, 2020. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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