ransack
verb (used with object)
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
has ransacked
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present perfectof ransack (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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With a fabulist’s flair, Mr French supplies whatever details were withheld by the archives he has ransacked.
From Economist ● Jul. 12, 2018
Beyond Hurricane Irma’s tragic effects and sprawling sabotage of electrical power, the vast storm that combed the state last weekend has ransacked football, a matter both trivial and not trivial.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2017
And most comically, the NYC Sanitation Department has ransacked a costume store for its Pyro costumes, and it's begun burning the virus away — along with the rest of Manhattan.
From The Verge ● Mar. 24, 2016
Given how many embassies Iran has ransacked, I don’t think that was uncharacteristic either.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2016
I suppose Balzac has possessed himself of Paris and has ransacked and ravished its rare mysteries more completely than any other writer.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys
