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Detailed Synonyms for ransack in English

ransack:

to ransack verbe (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)

  1. to ransack
    to ransack; to gut; to strip bare; to empty
    • ransack verbe (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
    • gut verbe (guts, gutted, gutting)
    • strip bare verbe (strips bare, stripped bare, stripping bare)
    • empty verbe (empties, emptied, emptying)
  2. to ransack
    to search; to go through; to ransack; to rummage
    • search verbe (searches, searched, searching)
    • go through verbe (goes through, went through, going through)
    • ransack verbe (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
    • rummage verbe (rummages, rummaged, rummaging)
  3. to ransack
    – search thoroughly 1
    to comb; to ransack
    – search thoroughly 1
    • comb verbe (combs, combed, combing)
      • They combed the area for the missing child1
    • ransack verbe (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
  4. to ransack
    – steal goods; take as spoils 1
    to strip; to rifle; to loot; to pillage; to ransack; to plunder; foray; despoil; reave
    – steal goods; take as spoils 1
    • strip verbe (strips, stripped, stripping)
    • rifle verbe (rifles, rifled, rifling)
    • loot verbe (loots, looted, looting)
      • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners1
    • pillage verbe (pillages, pillaged, pillaging)
    • ransack verbe (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
    • plunder verbe (plunders, plundered, plundering)
    • foray verbe
    • despoil verbe
    • reave verbe

Conjugations for ransack:

present
  1. ransack
  2. ransack
  3. ransacks
  4. ransack
  5. ransack
  6. ransack
simple past
  1. ransacked
  2. ransacked
  3. ransacked
  4. ransacked
  5. ransacked
  6. ransacked
present perfect
  1. have ransacked
  2. have ransacked
  3. has ransacked
  4. have ransacked
  5. have ransacked
  6. have ransacked
past continuous
  1. was ransacking
  2. were ransacking
  3. was ransacking
  4. were ransacking
  5. were ransacking
  6. were ransacking
future
  1. shall ransack
  2. will ransack
  3. will ransack
  4. shall ransack
  5. will ransack
  6. will ransack
continuous present
  1. am ransacking
  2. are ransacking
  3. is ransacking
  4. are ransacking
  5. are ransacking
  6. are ransacking
subjunctive
  1. be ransacked
  2. be ransacked
  3. be ransacked
  4. be ransacked
  5. be ransacked
  6. be ransacked
diverse
  1. ransack!
  2. let's ransack!
  3. ransacked
  4. ransacking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "ransack":

  • ransacking

Alternate Synonyms for "ransack":


Related Definitions for "ransack":

  1. search thoroughly1
  2. steal goods; take as spoils1