ransacked

Meaning of ransacked

verb, past tense
  1. go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage.
    burglars ransacked her home

Middle English: from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann ‘house’ + a second element related to sœkja ‘seek’.

Information about ransacked

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of ransacked

ran-sacked

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • ransacked is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

ransacked synonyms

Meaning looted:

looted, pillaged, plundered

Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:

plunder

Meaning steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime:

pillage

Meaning conduct a raid on:

raid

Meaning steal:

rob

Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:

loot

Meaning make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance:

rifle

Meaning dismiss from employment:

sack

Meaning leave bare of accessories or fittings:

strip

Meaning strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets:

denude

Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:

ravage

Meaning go about in search of things to steal or people to attack:

maraud

Meaning destroy or ruin:

devastate

Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:

despoil

Meaning carry out raids in order to plunder:

reave

Meaning steal from, typically using force; plunder:

depredate

Meaning rob of something; plunder:

spoliate

Words that rhyme with ransacked

attacked, backed, backpacked, backtracked, barebacked, barracked, bethwacked, bivouacked, blacked, blackjacked, bracked, bullwhacked, bunchbacked, bushwhacked, cacked, calpacked, carjacked, chacked, chiacked, chyacked, clacked, counterattacked, cracked, crookbacked, crookedbacked, diamondbacked, facked, finchbacked, flacked, flashbacked, foreslacked, forslacked, gobsmacked, hacked, hardbacked, highjacked, hijacked, hucklebacked, humpbacked, hunchbacked, hydrocracked, jacked, jampacked, knacked, knapsacked, knickknacked, lacked, lampblacked, laybacked, medevacked

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