ran-sack

  • 11ransackle — ran·sack·le …

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  • 12ransack — ran•sack [[t]ˈræn sæk[/t]] v. t. 1) to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.) 2) to search through for plunder; pillage • Etymology: 1200–50; ME ransaken < ON rannsaka to search, examine (for evidence of crime)… …

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  • 13ransack — ran|sack [ˈrænsæk] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: rannsaka, from rann house + saka to search ] 1.) to go through a place, stealing things and causing damage ▪ The whole flat had been ransacked. 2.) to search a place very thoroughly …

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  • 14ransack — ran|sack [ ræn,sæk ] verb transitive to go through a place stealing or damaging things: He returned to find that someone had ransacked his office …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15er — er·i·an·thus; er·ic; er·i·ca; er·i·ca·ce·ae; er·i·cad; er·i·ca·les; er·i·ce·tal; er·i·ce·tic·o·lous; er·i·coid; er·i·co·phyte; erig·er·on; er·i·glos·sa; er·ik·ite; er·i·na·ceous; er·i·na·ceus; er·in·ite; er·i·nose; er·i·o·bot·rya;… …

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  • 16Ransack — Ran sack, v. i. To make a thorough search. [1913 Webster] To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17Ransack — 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… …

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  • 18Ransack — 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] …

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  • 19Ransacked — 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… …

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  • 20Ransacking — 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… …

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