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Definition of ransack verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

ransack

verb

NAmE//ˈrænsæk//

ransack something (for something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they ransack

he / she / it ransacks

past simple ransacked

-ing form ransacking

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to make a place messy, causing damage, because you are looking for something synonym turn something upside down The house had been ransacked by burglars.

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