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Definition of ransack verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

ransack

 verb
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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