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ransacking


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ransacking 
  n  :  a  thorough  search  for  something  (often  causing  disorder  or 
  confusion);  "he  gave  the  attic  a  good  rummage  but 
  couldn't  find  his  skis"  [syn:  {rummage},  {digging}] 




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