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ransacked

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ran·sack  (rnsk)
tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks
1. To search or examine thoroughly.
2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage.
[Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka : rann, house + *saka, to search, seek; see sg- in Indo-European roots.]
ransacker n.
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Adj.1.ransacked - wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
looted, pillaged, plundered
empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"


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To find clothing seemed no easy task; but Tip boldly ransacked the great chest in which Mombi kept all her keepsakes and treasures, and at the very bottom he discovered some purple trousers, a red shirt and a pink vest which was dotted with white spots.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
She took him by the hand, and without taking her eyes off him, gazed at him while she ransacked her mind for the words to say that would keep him.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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