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1. (v.t.) ransack
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
2. ransack
to search through for plunder; pillage.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME ransaken < ON rannsaka to search, examine (for evidence of crime) =rann house +saka search (var. of soekja to seek ))
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1. (verb) plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
2. (verb) comb, ransack
search thoroughly
"They combed the area for the missing child"
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1. (noun) ransack
the act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage
2. (verb) ransack
to search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house
3. (verb) ransack
to plunder; to pillage completely
4. (verb) ransack
to violate; to ravish; to defiour
5. (verb) ransack
to make a thorough search
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Sense: to search thoroughly in
She ransacked the whole house for her keys.
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 Afrikaans: deursoek |
 Arabic: يُفَتِّش مُقَلِّبا الدُّر |
 Bulgarian: претърсвам |
 Brazilian: revirar |
 Czech: prohledat |
 German: durchwühlen |
 Danish: endevende |
 Greek: κάνω άνω κάτω, ψάχνω σχολ |
 Spanish: registrar, revolver |
 Estonian: läbi tuhnima |
 Farsi: جستجو کردن |
 Finnish: koluta |
 French: fouillerà fond |
 Hebrew: לְחַפֵּש בִּיסוֹדִיוּת |
 Hindi: खोजना, छान |
 Croatian: prekopati, pretražiti |
 Hungarian: átkutat |
 Indonesian: menggeledah |
 Icelandic: leita vandlegaí |
 Italian: rovistare in |
 Japanese: くまなく探す |
 Korean: 샅샅이 뒤지다 |
 Lithuanian: apieškoti |
 Latvian: pārmeklēt; izkratīt |
 Malay: mencari secara menyeluruh |
 Dutch: doorzoeken |
 Norwegian: endevende, ransake |
 Polish: przetrząsać |
 Persian: جستجو کردن |
 Pashto: پلټل، لټول، تلاش كول، لوټ |
 Portuguese: revirar |
 Romanian: a răscoli |
 Russian: обшаривать |
 Slovak: prehľadať |
 Slovenian: preiskati |
 Serbian: pretresti |
 Swedish: söka igenom |
 Thai: ค้นหาทุกซอกทุกมุม |
 Turkish: didik didik aramak |
 Taiwanese: 徹底搜索 |
 Ukrainian: обшукувати; ритися |
 Urdu: باریک بینی سے تلاش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: lục soát |
 Chinese: 彻底搜索 |
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