What is another word for ransack?
782 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈansak], [ ɹˈansak], [ ɹ_ˈa_n_s_a_k]
Ransack is a word that refers to the act of searching through something in a rough or violent manner. There are several synonyms for ransack, including plunder, pillage, loot, raid, and ravage. These words all have a similar meaning and imply a forceful and aggressive search for something. Other synonyms for ransack include search, comb, delve, and sift, which suggest a less extreme or violent search. Additionally, the word rummage can be used as a synonym for ransack, but generally implies a more disorganized or haphazard search. Whatever the word used, each of these synonyms implies a thorough and intensive search for something valuable or useful.
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Similar words for ransack:
- foray (noun)
- ransack (noun)
- comb (verb)
- damage (verb)
- delve (verb)
- depredate (verb)
- forage (verb)
- gut (verb)
- harrow (verb)
- hunt (verb)
- knock off (verb)
- loot (verb)
- maraud (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- pillage (verb)
- pry (verb)
- raid (verb)
- rake (verb)
- ransack (verb)
- rape (verb)
- rip off (verb)
- rob (verb)
- scour (verb)
- search (verb)
- seek (verb)
- steal (verb)
- strip (verb)
- unclothe (verb)
- other synonyms
- maraud
- other relevant words
- rake
- rip off
- search
- steal
Synonyms for Ransack:
n.
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- ferret out,
- spy,
- scan,
- probe,
- investigate,
- help yourself to something,
- walk off with,
- scrutinize,
- run away with,
- mug,
- sound,
- nose out,
- overhaul,
- peer.
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- pilfer,
- rustle,
- burglarize,
- thieve,
- poach.
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- shake down.
v.
• comb (verb) • damage (verb) • delve (verb) • depredate (verb)- de predates,
- de-predate,
- de predated,
- de-predates,
- de predate,
- de-predating,
- de predating,
- de-predated.
- disembowel,
- dress,
- empty,
- draw,
- eviscerate,
- bowel,
- decimate.
- de stroyed,
- de-stroys,
- de-stroying,
- de-stroy,
- de-stroyed,
- havocked,
- de stroying,
- de stroys,
- havocking,
- de stroy.
- art inquisitive,
- tunes in on,
- wert busybody,
- poked nose into,
- art all ears,
- am nosy,
- wast a busybody,
- are a busybody,
- poke nose in to,
- art curious,
- are inquisitive,
- poking nose in to,
- wast busybody,
- art a busybody,
- was all ears,
- were curious,
- are busybody,
- were inquisitive,
- was nosy,
- be busybody,
- poking nose into,
- is nosy,
- wast inquisitive,
- am ears,
- being nosy,
- wert ears,
- wert inquisitive,
- are ears,
- is ears,
- are all ears,
- tuning in on,
- were ears,
- tune on,
- art busybody,
- is busybody,
- be ears,
- is inquisitive,
- is all ears,
- pokes nose in to,
- tunes on,
- poked nose in to,
- wast curious,
- tuning on,
- wert curious,
- was a busybody,
- art nosy,
- were busybody,
- being a busybody,
- were a busybody,
- wast ears,
- am all ears,
- is a busybody,
- am curious,
- were nosy,
- being ears,
- being inquisitive,
- tuned in on,
- listened in,
- is curious,
- were all ears,
- tuned on,
- pokes nose into,
- wert a busybody,
- was busybody,
- wast all ears,
- wast nosy,
- was ears,
- was curious,
- wert nosy,
- am busybody,
- being busybody,
- are curious,
- being all ears,
- being curious,
- am a busybody,
- wert all ears.
- falls upon,
- in-roads,
- descended on,
- fell up on,
- leans on,
- leaned against,
- falling up on,
- leans against,
- leant on,
- in roads,
- fall up on,
- leaned on,
- leaning against,
- over runs,
- falls up on,
- over running,
- falling upon,
- marched on,
- fired on,
- fires on,
- descends on,
- in road,
- marches on,
- firing on,
- marching on,
- in-road,
- leant against,
- descending on.
- fine combing,
- fine combed,
- cleaning up,
- re-moves,
- re-moving,
- fine-combs,
- re-move,
- fine-combed,
- re move,
- fine combs,
- enfilades,
- re moving,
- re moved,
- fine-combing,
- fine comb.
- pinch,
- make off with,
- ravish,
- rifle,
- lift,
- appropriate,
- go through,
- look all over for,
- take away,
- sack,
- seize,
- purloin.
- breaking in to,
- dis possess,
- dis inheriting,
- breaks in to,
- breaks into,
- brake into,
- strongarm,
- be reaving,
- be reaves,
- be reaved,
- dis possesses,
- with held,
- be-reaving,
- be-reaves,
- pro moting,
- dis inherited,
- be reft,
- pro-moting,
- broke in to,
- dis inherit,
- brake in to,
- de falcated,
- dis-possessed,
- with-held,
- broke into,
- pro-motes,
- with-hold,
- dis-possesses,
- dis possessed,
- pro-mote,
- dis inherits,
- dis-possess,
- with holds,
- dis-possessing,
- be-reaved,
- be-reave,
- dis-inherit,
- be-reft,
- be reave,
- dis-inherited,
- with holding,
- with hold,
- with-holds,
- dis-inherits,
- dis possessing,
- de-falcate,
- de falcate,
- de-falcated,
- dis-inheriting,
- break in to.
- goes over with finetooth comb,
- looking up and down,
- goes over with a fine tooth comb,
- go over with a finetooth comb,
- goes over with a fine-tooth comb,
- go over with finetooth comb,
- going over with finetooth comb,
- went over with finetooth comb,
- look and down,
- going over with fine-tooth comb,
- going over with a finetooth comb,
- looks down,
- looked up down,
- goes over with fine-tooth comb,
- going over with a fine tooth comb,
- looks up and down,
- go over with fine-tooth comb,
- went over with fine-tooth comb,
- looked and down,
- go over with a fine tooth comb,
- looked up and down,
- goes over with fine tooth comb,
- going over with a fine-tooth comb,
- looks and down,
- going over with fine tooth comb,
- looking and down,
- went over with fine tooth comb,
- look up down,
- looking up down,
- went over with a fine-tooth comb,
- went over with a fine tooth comb,
- looks up down,
- went over with a finetooth comb,
- goes over with a finetooth comb,
- go over with fine tooth comb,
- looked down.
- going in quest of,
- poked into,
- chasing after,
- beating about,
- go quest of,
- chases after,
- smells around,
- shaking down,
- guns for,
- gunning for,
- gunned for,
- pokes into,
- poke in to,
- shook down,
- smelled around,
- poking in to,
- chased after,
- shakes down,
- smelt around,
- hunting for,
- looks over,
- goes quest of,
- going quest of,
- pokes in to,
- smelling around,
- poked in to,
- rifling through,
- hunted for,
- went in quest of,
- rifles through,
- rifled through,
- poking into,
- went quest of,
- goes in quest of,
- beats about,
- hunts for.
- delved for,
- looked about,
- birddog,
- am after,
- bobbed for,
- being after,
- was after,
- searching for,
- digging for,
- digged for,
- delving for,
- looking about,
- dug for,
- sniffed out,
- sniffing out,
- looks about,
- art after,
- searches out,
- wast after,
- looking around,
- dragneting,
- bobs for,
- delves for,
- looked around,
- sniffs out,
- is after,
- searches for,
- digs for,
- wert after,
- runs after,
- ran after,
- looks around,
- were after,
- bobbing for,
- are after,
- dragneted.
- mis appropriate,
- with-drew,
- with-draw,
- mis appropriating,
- made off with,
- mis appropriated,
- spiriting away,
- made with,
- mis-appropriated,
- carries off,
- takes possession of,
- spirits away,
- mis-appropriating,
- walking with,
- carrying off,
- with drawn,
- makes off with,
- walks with,
- with draws,
- walking off with,
- mis-appropriates,
- holding for ransom,
- with draw,
- taking possession of,
- running with,
- mis appropriates,
- spirited away,
- mis-appropriate,
- with drew,
- walked with,
- make with,
- making with,
- with drawing,
- holds for ransom,
- with-drawing,
- took possession of,
- makes with,
- with-drawn,
- runs off with,
- runs with,
- running off with,
- walks off with.
- dis places,
- un-dressing,
- dis-mantles,
- dis-robed,
- dis-place,
- dis-placing,
- slipping out of,
- dis mantling,
- ex-pose,
- de-nudes,
- un-dresses,
- slipped out of,
- de-corticate,
- ex-corticate,
- excorticates,
- un drest,
- dis-mantling,
- dis-mantle,
- ex corticated,
- dis-placed,
- dis robes,
- un dress,
- dis-mantled,
- dis robing,
- dis robe,
- ex-posed,
- ex posed,
- dis place,
- dis-robing,
- de-nude,
- dis robed,
- ex-posing,
- de nudes,
- de corticate,
- un-drest,
- dis-robe,
- un dresses,
- un-dress,
- dis-places,
- slips out of,
- un dressed,
- excorticating,
- de corticated,
- un-dressed,
- dis placing,
- ex pose,
- dis mantles,
- de nude,
- ex corticate,
- dis placed,
- excorticated,
- dis mantled,
- de-corticated,
- un dressing,
- slipt out of,
- ex-corticated,
- dis-robes,
- dis mantle.
Other synonyms:
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- examine.
- exenterate,
- be curious,
- turned upside down,
- harrow,
- Thieves,
- kipped,
- look for,
- search high heaven,
- Boweled,
- plunder,
- be after,
- tipped over,
- going after,
- unclothe,
- sniff out,
- Smash and Grab,
- stuck up,
- Sallied,
- filch,
- Spading,
- Defalcating,
- bob for,
- slip out of,
- breaking into,
- undresses,
- look around,
- searched out,
- plundered,
- go over with a fine-tooth comb,
- kip,
- Ferrets,
- blockaded,
- look up and down,
- seek,
- gut,
- looked into,
- Defalcated,
- Torpedoes,
- be all ears,
- trowel,
- looking for,
- strip,
- look all over hell,
- Ferreting,
- look about,
- lean on,
- really get into,
- rape,
- defalcate,
- foraging,
- husking,
- torpedo,
- dig for,
- sally forth,
- trowelling,
- look high and low,
- scoop out,
- knocked over,
- explores,
- knock over,
- burgled,
- Inroaded,
- Pirating,
- searched for,
- gouges out,
- be nosy,
- lean against,
- pillage,
- Bowelled,
- looking down,
- burgles,
- burgling,
- rob,
- Mousing,
- Bowelling,
- strafe,
- Spaded,
- shovel,
- Husked,
- look down,
- laying waste,
- look into,
- sticks up,
- hunt,
- blockading,
- Spoliate,
- torpedoing,
- descend on,
- shelling,
- wiretapping,
- fire on,
- Explored,
- loot,
- Depredate,
- embezzle,
- Unearthing,
- wiretapped,
- stick up,
- tune in on,
- KIPS,
- finecomb,
- strafed,
- forage,
- shelled,
- tried to find,
- mouses,
- lay waste,
- be inquisitive,
- kipping,
- troweling,
- grub,
- scratch around,
- do out of,
- Preying,
- Hulling,
- Excorticate,
- Moused,
- leave no stone unturned,
- pry,
- Dilapidating,
- sifting,
- delve,
- Pirated,
- go after,
- fell upon,
- rake,
- Preyed,
- Hulled,
- laid waste,
- strafes,
- turn inside out,
- stripped,
- listens in,
- rip off,
- be on the lookout,
- be a busybody,
- was inquisitive,
- run after,
- breached,
- maraud,
- torpedoed,
- laid bare,
- running after,
- burgle,
- try to find,
- defalcates,
- Sallying,
- lay bare,
- tip over,
- search out,
- lays waste,
- gouged out,
- Troweled,
- bird dog,
- Ferreted,
- go through with fine-tooth comb,
- rummage,
- leaning on,
- turning inside out,
- trowels,
- questing,
- quested,
- strong arm,
- poke nose into,
- delve for,
- Lofted,
- dilapidates,
- wiretap,
- laying bare,
- comb,
- search for,
- wiretaps,
- ransack,
- jump into,
- Trowelled,
- Lofting,
- nose around,
- turn upside down,
- turned inside out,
- strafing,
- searching out,
- Inroading,
- moonlight requisition,
- cast about,
- goes after,
- Gazed,
- break into,
- Breaching,
- listening in,
- looks for,
- Boweling,
- fall upon,
- dilapidate,
- over-run,
- over-runs,
- looked for,
- scour,
- fine-tooth-comb,
- ferret,
- sticking up,
- raid,
- listen in,
- explore,
- gouge out,
- march on,
- Re-search.
- enfilade,
- Weeding,
- fine-comb,
- weeded,
- weed,
- cleaned up,
- Enfiladed,
- clean up,
- weeds,
- cleans up,
- Enfilading.
How to use "Ransack" in context?
The word "ransack" comes from the medieval practice of ransacking, or stealing possessions from a house or individual. In modern usage, "ransack" typically refers to a search for information, especially electronically.
Homophones for Ransack:
- romaic, romance, Rumansh, Ramesses Ii, ramses, rhonchus, reharmonize, rain check, rings, rain-wash, rayons, roaring, remiss, Raininess, ramous, remake, romanesque, ramus, Romans, rnase, rhyniaceae, rehearing, ruinous, range, rangy, rimose, romanize, rareness, renewing, rooms, renege, running, ranch, rooming house, reminisce, rummage, rhyming, romish, rank, roanoke, running shoe, running away, renounce, runniness, roominess, rhenish, Romansh, rum nose, rhamnaceae, rameses, Rheims, runic, ramose, rinse, remaining, rain gauge, remus, Romanic, roman nose, rain gage, remains, raining, runch, ring, rowing, Raunch, rhamnus, Remise, Ramses Ii, rumex, romanise, Rawness, rink, ramesses, ranch house, reharmonise, raring, room access, rung, Reims, rearing, riming, raunchy, Rameses Ii, ruining, rearrange.
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