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ransack
ran·sack R0041800 (răn′săk′)tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search through (something) thoroughly and often roughly: ransacked the drawer looking for my keys.2. To go through (a place) stealing valuables and causing disarray; pillage: ransacked the village.
[Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka : rann, house + *saka, to search, seek; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]
ran′sack′er n.ransack (ˈrænsæk) vb (tr) 1. to search through every part of (a house, box, etc); examine thoroughly2. to plunder; pillage[C13: from Old Norse rann house + saka to search, seek] ˈransacker nran•sack (ˈræn sæk)
v.t. 1. to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.). 2. to search through for plunder; pillage. [1200–50; Middle English ransaken < Old Norse rannsaka to search, examine (for evidence of crime) =rann house + saka search (variant of soekja to seek)] ran′sack•er, n. ransack
Past participle: ransacked
Gerund: ransacking
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| I ransack | | you ransack | | he/she/it ransacks | | we ransack | | you ransack | | they ransack |
| Preterite |
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| I ransacked | | you ransacked | | he/she/it ransacked | | we ransacked | | you ransacked | | they ransacked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am ransacking | | you are ransacking | | he/she/it is ransacking | | we are ransacking | | you are ransacking | | they are ransacking |
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| I have ransacked | | you have ransacked | | he/she/it has ransacked | | we have ransacked | | you have ransacked | | they have ransacked |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was ransacking | | you were ransacking | | he/she/it was ransacking | | we were ransacking | | you were ransacking | | they were ransacking |
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| I had ransacked | | you had ransacked | | he/she/it had ransacked | | we had ransacked | | you had ransacked | | they had ransacked |
| Future |
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| I will ransack | | you will ransack | | he/she/it will ransack | | we will ransack | | you will ransack | | they will ransack |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have ransacked | | you will have ransacked | | he/she/it will have ransacked | | we will have ransacked | | you will have ransacked | | they will have ransacked |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be ransacking | | you will be ransacking | | he/she/it will be ransacking | | we will be ransacking | | you will be ransacking | | they will be ransacking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been ransacking | | you have been ransacking | | he/she/it has been ransacking | | we have been ransacking | | you have been ransacking | | they have been ransacking |
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| I will have been ransacking | | you will have been ransacking | | he/she/it will have been ransacking | | we will have been ransacking | | you will have been ransacking | | they will have been ransacking |
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| I had been ransacking | | you had been ransacking | | he/she/it had been ransacking | | we had been ransacking | | you had been ransacking | | they had been ransacking |
| Conditional |
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| I would ransack | | you would ransack | | he/she/it would ransack | | we would ransack | | you would ransack | | they would ransack |
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| I would have ransacked | | you would have ransacked | | he/she/it would have ransacked | | we would have ransacked | | you would have ransacked | | they would have ransacked |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | ransack - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"despoil, foray, pillage, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, striptake - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"deplume, displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes | | 2. | ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"combsearch - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
ransackverb1. search, go through, rummage through, rake through, explore, comb, scour, forage, turn inside out, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) Why should they be allowed to ransack your bag?2. plunder, raid, loot, pillage, strip, sack, gut, rifle, ravage, despoil Demonstrators ransacked and burned the house where he was staying.ransackverb1. To make a thorough search of:comb, forage, rummage, scour.Slang: shake down.Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, look up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down.2. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war:depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, rape, ravage, sack, spoliate, strip.Archaic: harrow, spoil.Translationsransack (ˈrӕnsӕk) , ((American) rӕnˈsӕk) verb1. to search thoroughly in. She ransacked the whole house for her keys. 徹底搜索 彻底搜索2. loot, plunder. The army ransacked the conquered city. 洗劫 抢劫
ransack
Synonyms for ransackverb searchSynonyms- search
- go through
- rummage through
- rake through
- explore
- comb
- scour
- forage
- turn inside out
- fossick
verb plunderSynonyms- plunder
- raid
- loot
- pillage
- strip
- sack
- gut
- rifle
- ravage
- despoil
Synonyms for ransackverb to make a thorough search ofSynonyms- comb
- forage
- rummage
- scour
- shake down
verb to rob of goods by force, especially in time of warSynonyms- depredate
- despoil
- havoc
- loot
- pillage
- plunder
- rape
- ravage
- sack
- spoliate
- strip
- harrow
- spoil
Synonyms for ransackverb steal goodsSynonyms- despoil
- foray
- pillage
- reave
- rifle
- loot
- plunder
- strip
Related Wordsverb search thoroughlySynonymsRelated Words |