Antonyms for ransack

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ran-sak

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræn sæk

Definition of ransack

Origin : mid-13c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rannsaka "to pillage," literally "search the house" (especially legally, for stolen goods), from rann "house," from Proto-Germanic *rasnan (c.f. Gothic razn, Old English ærn "house;" see barn) + saka "to search," related to Old Norse soekja "seek" (see seek). Sense influenced by sack (v.). Related: Ransacked; ransacking.

verb turn inside out in search; ravage

Example sentences :

And my sister, who was always good-natured, carried me off to ransack her wardrobe.
Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

There isn't an other one like her if you were to ransack the islands all round the compass.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

You have had the impertience to ransack it in my absence this afternoon.
Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Glavour will ransack the Earth rather than be cheated of one he has marked for his prey.
Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Then the desperadoes went back and began to ransack the stores.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on the Yukon » by Ralph Victor

To pillage; but to ransack the hold is merely to overhaul its contents.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Not lost, for I will ransack the land till I find thee again.
Extract from : « The Prince and The Pauper, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Search for her, ransack the city, do anything; my property is at your disposal.
Extract from : « The Leavenworth Case » by Anna Katherine Green

But ransack as they might, not a trace of the fugitive could be found.
Extract from : « True Stories of Girl Heroines » by Evelyn Everett-Green

Sir Watty permitted the men to enter and ransack one of these farm-places.
Extract from : « The Deserter, and Other Stories » by Harold Frederic

Synonyms for ransack

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