Meaning & use
ransacked
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Searched through a place thoroughly and roughly, often stealing or causing damage in the process.
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Burglars ransacked the house, leaving drawers overturned throughout.
Soldiers ransacked the village, taking whatever valuables they could find.
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From Old Norse 'rannsaka,' 'to search a house,' combining 'rann' (house) and 'saka' (to seek).
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