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RANSACKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ransacking mean?
• RANSACKING (noun)
The noun RANSACKING has 1 sense:
1. a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
Familiarity information: RANSACKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ransacking; rummage
Context example:
he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis
Hypernyms ("ransacking" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
Derivation:
ransack (search thoroughly)
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