search+thoroughly
11search high and low — look/search/high and low phrase to search very thoroughly I’ve searched high and low but without success. Thesaurus: to search for something or someonesynonym Main entry: high …
12search — 1. verb /sɜː(r)tʃ/ a) To look in (a place) for something. I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch. b) To look thoroughly. The police are searching for evidence in his flat. Syn: comb …
13Highlander: The Search for Vengeance — Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri Produced by Peter Davis Bill Panzer Th …
14visit and search — ▪ military procedure procedure adopted by a belligerent warship to ascertain whether a merchant vessel is liable to seizure. If an inspection of the papers shows the ship to be an enemy vessel or to be carrying contraband, breaking blockade …
15searching thoroughly — making a fundamental search, surveying, looking thoroughly …
16searched thoroughly — performed a diligent search, searched energetically …
17fine-tooth comb — noun 1. a comb with teeth set close together • Syn: ↑fine toothed comb • Hypernyms: ↑comb 2. a method of examining in minute detail he went over the contract with a fine tooth comb looking for loopholes • Syn: ↑fine …
18ransack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rummage, scour, search diligently; rifle, loot, pillage. See inquiry, stealing. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To search thoroughly] Syn. rummage, scour, comb, rake, explore, turn upside down, turn inside… …
19hunt — v 1. chase, give chase, run down or after, make after, pursue, course, Brit. chevy, (in India) shikar, follow close or hot on one s heels; hound, dog, hawk, pigstick; stalk, still hunt, track, trail, follow, shadow, haunt, Inf. tail; track down,… …
20hunt — [[t]hʌnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing 2) to pursue (a person) aggressively in order to capture (often fol. by down): to hunt down a kidnapper[/ex] 3) to search for; seek… …
