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ransack 音標拼音: [r'æns ,æk] vt. 到處搜索,遍尋,掠奪,洗劫 到處搜索,遍尋,掠奪,洗劫 ransack v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; " During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [ synonym: { plunder}, { despoil}, { loot}, { reave}, { strip}, { rifle}, { ransack}, { pillage}, { foray}] 2: search thoroughly; " They combed the area for the missing child" [ synonym: { comb}, { ransack}] Ransack \ Ran" sack\ ( r[ a^] n" s[ a^] k), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Ransacked} (- s[ a^] kt); 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. [ 1913 Webster] To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To plunder; to pillage completely. [ 1913 Webster] Their vow is made To ransack Troy. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Ransack \ Ran" sack\, v. i. To make a thorough search. [ 1913 Webster] To ransack in the tas [ heap] of bodies dead. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Ransack \ Ran" sack\, n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Even your father' s house Shall not be free from ransack. -- J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for " ransack": beat, burglarize, burgle, comb, depredate, despoil, examine, explore, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, grub, gut, knock off, knock over, look all over, look everywhere, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, rake, ravage, raven, ravish, reive, relieve, rifle, rob, rummage, sack, scour, scrutinize, search, search high heaven, shake, shake down, spoil, spoliate, stick up, strip, sweep, toss, turn inside out, turn upside down
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