Ransack (Verb)

Meaning 1

Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Plunder
  • Despoil
  • Loot
  • Rifle
  • Foray
  • Reave
  • Pillage
  • Strip

Hypernyms

  • Take

Hyponyms

  • Displume
  • Deplume

Meaning 2

Search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Comb

Hypernyms

  • Search

Related Words

  • Ransacking (noun)
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