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  Ransack \Ran"sack\, v. i.
     To make a thorough search.
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           To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. --Chaucer.
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  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.
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              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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  Ransack \Ran"sack\, n.
     The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
     [R.]
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           Even your father's house
           Shall not be free from ransack.          --J. Webster.
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  Ransack \Ran"sack\, v. i.
     To make a thorough search.
  
           To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. --Chaucer.

  Ransack \Ran"sack\, n.
     The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
     [R.]
  
           Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack.
                                                    --J. Webster.

  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.

  ransack
       v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
            looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
            [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
             pillage, foray]
       2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing
          child" [syn: comb]

  ransack
     n.
     Eager search.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To loot or pillage. ''See also'' '''sack'''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a
  place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when
  leaving behind a state of disarray.
     3 (lb en archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.

  ransack
     n.
     Eager search.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To loot or pillage. ''See also'' '''sack'''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a
  place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when
  leaving behind a state of disarray.
     3 (lb en archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.

  ransack
     n.
     Eager search.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To loot or pillage. ''See also'' '''sack'''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a
  place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when
  leaving behind a state of disarray.
     3 (lb en archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.

  ransack
     n.
     Eager search.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To loot or pillage. ''See also'' '''sack'''.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a
  place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when
  leaving behind a state of disarray.
     3 (lb en archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.

  ransack
     Englanti vb.
     ryöstää, rosvota

  Ransack /ɹˈansak/
  إسلب

  ransack //ˈɹænsæk// 
  1. ограбвам
  to loot or pillage
  2. претърсвам, претършувам
  to make a thorough search or examination for plunder

  ransack /ɹˈansak/ 
  vyplenit

  ransack /ɹˈansak/ 
  prohrabat

  ransack /ɹˈansak/
  
  λεηλατώ

  ransack //ˈɹænsæk// 
  1. rosvota, ryöstää
  to loot or pillage
  2. koluta, penkoa
  to make a thorough search or examination for plunder

  ransack /ɹˈansak/ 
  1. छान~मारना
        "I have ransacked his house for imp.papers but couldn't find them any where."

  ransack /ɹˈansak/
  ispreturati, opljačkati, pretražiti, tražiti

  ransack /ˈrænsæk/ 
    przetrząsać, przewracać do góry nogami

  ransack //ˈɹænsæk// 
  rannsaka
  to make a thorough search or examination for plunder

  ransack /ɹˈansak/
  1. iyice araştırmak, yoklamak
  2. yağma etmek, soymak.

  
/ˈɹænˌsæk/

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "ransack":
     beat, burglarize, burgle, comb, depredate, despoil, examine,
     explore, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, grub, gut, knock off,
     knock over, look all over, look everywhere, loot, maraud, pillage,
     plunder, prey on, raid, rake, ravage, raven, ravish, reive,
     relieve, rifle, rob, rummage, sack, scour, scrutinize, search,
     search high heaven, shake, shake down, spoil, spoliate, stick up,
     strip, sweep, toss, turn inside out, turn upside down
  
  

  v. 到处搜索,遍寻,掠夺;

     vt. 到处搜索,遍寻,掠夺,洗劫