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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Ransack \Ran"sack\ (r[a^]n"s[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Ransacked (-s[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE.
ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house
(akin to Goth. razn house, AS. r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the
root of s[ae]kja 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.
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2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
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Their vow is made
To ransack Troy. --Shak.
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3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
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Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --Spenser.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Ransack \Ran"sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE. ransaken, Icel, rannsaka to
explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS.
r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the root of s[ae]kja 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.
To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts.
--South.
2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
Their vow is made To ransack Troy. --Shak.
3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
ransacked
vb.
(infl of en ransack ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
ransacked
vb.
(infl of en ransack ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
ransacked
vb.
(infl of en ransack ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
ransacked
vb.
(infl of en ransack ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
ransacked
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm r ansack ed)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Ransacked /ɹˈansakt/ مسلوبFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
ransacked /ɹˈansakt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vyplenil
ransacked /ɹˈansakt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]vypleněný
ransacked /ɹˈansakt/
durchgestöbert, durchgewühlt
Synonyms: rooted / rifled / riffled / raked / rootled / fossicked through, rummaged
see: root / rifle / riffle / rake / rootle / fossick through sth. for sth., ransack sth. for sth., rummage sth. for sth., rooting / rifling / riffling / raking / rootling / fossicking through, ransacking, rummaging, roots/rifles/rakes/rootles/fossicks through, ransacks, rummages, rooted/rifles/raked/rooled/fossickes through, ransacked, rummaged, Then we rooted through the desk drawers for the bill.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
ransacked /ɹˈansakt/
durchstöberte
Synonyms: rooted/rifles/raked/rooled/fossickes through, rummaged
see: root / rifle / riffle / rake / rootle / fossick through sth. for sth., ransack sth. for sth., rummage sth. for sth., rooting / rifling / riffling / raking / rootling / fossicking through, ransacking, rummaging, rooted / rifled / riffled / raked / rootled / fossicked through, ransacked, rummaged, roots/rifles/rakes/rootles/fossicks through, ransacks, rummages, Then we rooted through the desk drawers for the bill.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
ransacked /ɹˈansakt/
geplündert, ausgeplündert, ausgeraubt
Synonyms: plundered, raided
see: plunder, raid, ransack sth., plundering, raiding, ransacking
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈɹænˌsækt/