English

Detailed Synonyms for ransack in English

ransack:

to ransack verb (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)

  1. to ransack
    to ransack; to gut; to strip bare; to empty
    • ransack verb (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
    • gut verb (guts, gutted, gutting)
    • strip bare verb (strips bare, stripped bare, stripping bare)
    • empty verb (empties, emptied, emptying)
  2. to ransack
    to search; to go through; to ransack; to rummage
    • search verb (searches, searched, searching)
    • go through verb (goes through, went through, going through)
    • ransack verb (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
    • rummage verb (rummages, rummaged, rummaging)
  3. to ransack
    – search thoroughly 1
    to comb; to ransack
    – search thoroughly 1
    • comb verb (combs, combed, combing)
      • They combed the area for the missing child1
    • ransack verb (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
  4. to ransack
    – steal goods; take as spoils 1
    to strip; to rifle; to loot; to pillage; to ransack; to plunder; foray; despoil; reave
    – steal goods; take as spoils 1
    • strip verb (strips, stripped, stripping)
    • rifle verb (rifles, rifled, rifling)
    • loot verb (loots, looted, looting)
      • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners1
    • pillage verb (pillages, pillaged, pillaging)
    • ransack verb (ransacks, ransacked, ransacking)
    • plunder verb (plunders, plundered, plundering)
    • foray verb
    • despoil verb
    • reave verb

Conjugations for ransack:

present
  1. ransack
  2. ransack
  3. ransacks
  4. ransack
  5. ransack
  6. ransack
simple past
  1. ransacked
  2. ransacked
  3. ransacked
  4. ransacked
  5. ransacked
  6. ransacked
present perfect
  1. have ransacked
  2. have ransacked
  3. has ransacked
  4. have ransacked
  5. have ransacked
  6. have ransacked
past continuous
  1. was ransacking
  2. were ransacking
  3. was ransacking
  4. were ransacking
  5. were ransacking
  6. were ransacking
future
  1. shall ransack
  2. will ransack
  3. will ransack
  4. shall ransack
  5. will ransack
  6. will ransack
continuous present
  1. am ransacking
  2. are ransacking
  3. is ransacking
  4. are ransacking
  5. are ransacking
  6. are ransacking
subjunctive
  1. be ransacked
  2. be ransacked
  3. be ransacked
  4. be ransacked
  5. be ransacked
  6. be ransacked
diverse
  1. ransack!
  2. let's ransack!
  3. ransacked
  4. ransacking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "ransack":

  • ransacking

Alternate Synonyms for "ransack":


Related Definitions for "ransack":

  1. search thoroughly1
  2. steal goods; take as spoils1