Synonyms for ransack
ˈræn sækran·sack

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 6 votes

1. ransack

   Synonyms:
   rummage, rifle, explore, pillage, ravage, overhaul

   Antonyms:
   skim, survey, reconnoitre

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   steal goods; take as spoils

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

   Synonyms:
   foray, comb, disrobe, spoil, clean, discase, leach, rape, divest, violate, sack, dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, denudate, strip down, despoil, go, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, pillage, disinvest

2. comb, ransackverb

   search thoroughly

   "They combed the area for the missing child"

   Synonyms:
   rifle, foray, disentangle, comb, loot, despoil, strip, comb out, pillage, reave, plunder

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1. ransackverb

   Synonyms:
   plunder, pillage, sack

2. ransackverb

   Synonyms:
   explore, rummage, search thoroughly

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1. ransackverb

   Synonyms:
   rummage

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How to use ransack in a sentence?

1. Nicole Hannah-Jones:

   If you want to understand how does a White minority believe that the last election's illegitimate and actually ransack and lead an insurrection on the American Capitol, you have to understand the history of Black people in this country, and without that, you actually can't explain the election of Donald Trump, you can't explain what's happening in the Republican Party right now, and you can't explain the insurrection, you can't explain what happened to George Floyd – you can't explain any of that with the history that we're being taught.