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Noun ransacking has 1 sense
- ransacking, rummage - a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
--1 is a kind of search, hunt, hunting
Verb ransack has 2 senses
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
--1 is one way to take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- comb, ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
--2 is one way to search
Sample sentence:
The customs agents ransack the bags for drugs
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