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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
/ ˈ°ùæ²Ô²õæ°ì /
verb
- to search through every part of (a house, box, etc); examine thoroughly
- to plunder; pillage
Derived Forms
- ˈ°ù²¹²Ô²õ²¹³¦°ì±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù²¹²Ôs²¹³¦°ì·±ð°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·°ù²¹²Ôs²¹³¦°ì±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ransack1
Example Sentences
Parts of the buildings were ransacked and police arrested 1,500 people.
A group of teenagers targeted a bar, smashing windows and ransacking it, believing it to belong to the Pulse club owner.
Having ransacked the Principality, England were briefly set to return for a victory lap.
But this had not been the case at many other treatment centres that had been completely ransacked, he said.
Before the attack Burnett, who showed no emotion during his sentencing, repeatedly threatened her and her friends and ransacked her apartment in Colchester.
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