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ransack

[ ran-sak ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.):

    They ransacked the house for the missing letter.

  2. to search through for plunder; pillage:

    The enemy ransacked the entire town.



ransack

/ ˈ°ùæ²Ô²õæ°ì /

verb

  1. to search through every part of (a house, box, etc); examine thoroughly
  2. to plunder; pillage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù²¹²Ô²õ²¹³¦°ì±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù²¹²Ôs²¹³¦°ì·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ù²¹²Ôs²¹³¦°ì±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ransack1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka “to search, examine (for evidence of crime),†equivalent to rann “house†+ saka, variant of ²õ²Õ°ìÂá²¹ “to search;†seek )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ransack1

C13: from Old Norse rann house + saka to search, seek
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Parts of the buildings were ransacked and police arrested 1,500 people.

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A group of teenagers targeted a bar, smashing windows and ransacking it, believing it to belong to the Pulse club owner.

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Having ransacked the Principality, England were briefly set to return for a victory lap.

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But this had not been the case at many other treatment centres that had been completely ransacked, he said.

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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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