ransack
verb (used with object)
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
ransacked
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past participleof ransack.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ransack.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ransackverb (used with object)to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
Example Sentences
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In one widely shared video, a man drives a soldier and an official from his ransacked home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Pharmacies, supermarkets and other businesses were ransacked, said residents, some of whom complained of the slow and meager post-quake aid coming from authorities.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
There are other singers to turn to when you’re emotionally ransacked; Dua gets the best nights of your life instead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2025
What to make of the Cherries now the defence that served them so well has been ransacked?
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
Before dinner they had ransacked the other downstairs rooms for comfortable chairs and lamps, and now their little parlor was easily the pleasantest room in the house.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
