RANSACK
\ɹˈansak], \ɹˈansak], \ɹ_ˈa_n_s_a_k]\
Definitions of RANSACK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
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To violate; to ravish; to defiour.
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To make a thorough search.
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The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
By Oddity Software
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To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
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To violate; to ravish; to defiour.
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To make a thorough search.
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The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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