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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ransack \ran"sack\ ra^n"sa^k, v. t. imp. p. p.
ransacked -sa^kt; p. pr. vb. n. ransacking. oe.
ransaken, icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house
akin to goth. razn house, as. raesn plank, beam + the
root of saekja to seek, akin to e. seek. see seek, and
cf. rest repose.
1. to search thoroughly; to search every place or part of;
as, to ransack a house.
1913 webster
to ransack every corner of their . . . hearts.
--south.
1913 webster
2. to plunder; to pillage completely.
1913 webster
their vow is made
to ransack troy. --shak.
1913 webster
3. to violate; to ravish; to defiour. obs.
1913 webster
rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --spenser.
1913 webster
see also:
ransacked ransacking seek rest
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ransacked
adj : wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the
robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the
plundered village" syn: looted, pillaged, plundered
see also:
looted pillaged plundered
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