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List of meaning for ransack

a frantic hunt for an item that leaves chaos and/or damage in its wake

plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray(verb)

steal goods; take as spoils

"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

comb, ransack(verb)

search thoroughly

"They combed the area for the missing child"

to search through with the intent of committing robbery

it was clear that the thieves who had ransacked the museum were professionals—they bypassed most of the exhibits and went straight for the vaults

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

I've ransacked the whole house for that book you lent me and it's nowhere to be found

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