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ransack
[ ran-sak ]
verb (used with object)
- to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.):
They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- to search through for plunder; pillage:
The enemy ransacked the entire town.
ransack
/ ˈrænsæk /
verb
- to search through every part of (a house, box, etc); examine thoroughly
- to plunder; pillage
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Derived Forms
- ˈransacker, noun
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Other Words From
- ransack·er noun
- un·ransacked adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ransack1
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Example Sentences
He refilled his glass, and having looked in his cigarette-case, began to ransack a small cupboard.
But, in truth, an English world was having cause to ransack the dust-heaps for neglected men of mettle.
For full two hours did these partisans of Matilda ransack the abbey, with none to say them nay.
The capataz was the last to go, after bending on the unknown one of those glances which ransack the depths of a man's heart.
Ransack your brain, then, and see if you do not find there evidence of what I have stated.
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