ransack
verb/ˈrænsæk/
/ˈrænsæk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ransack | /ˈrænsæk/ /ˈrænsæk/ |
| he / she / it ransacks | /ˈrænsæks/ /ˈrænsæks/ |
| past simple ransacked | /ˈrænsækt/ /ˈrænsækt/ |
| past participle ransacked | /ˈrænsækt/ /ˈrænsækt/ |
| -ing form ransacking | /ˈrænsækɪŋ/ /ˈrænsækɪŋ/ |
- ransack something to make a place untidy, causing damage, because you are looking for something synonym turn upside down
- Burglars ransacked her home.
- The house had been ransacked by burglars.
- The palace was ransacked by rioters in 1848.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann ‘house’ + a second element related to sœkja ‘seek’.Definitions on the go
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