ransacking
Meaning of ransacking
verb, gerund or present participle
- 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 ransacking
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of ransacking
ran-sack-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- ransacking is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
ransacking synonyms
Meaning rummage:
Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:
Meaning steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning steal:
Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:
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:
Meaning dismiss from employment:
Meaning leave bare of accessories or fittings:
Meaning strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning go about in search of things to steal or people to attack:
Meaning destroy or ruin:
Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:
Meaning carry out raids in order to plunder:
Meaning steal from, typically using force; plunder:
Meaning rob of something; plunder:
Words that rhyme with ransacking
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