Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ransack
plural ransackings
- An act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search.
Lefebvre never saw any of these battles and ransackings, but one wonders what he would have made of them.
2013, Andrew Merrifield, Henri Lefebvre: A Critical Introduction, page 58Synonyms: ransack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Polish splądrowanie
- splądrowanieact of ransacking someone or something
Cite this entry
ransacking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ransacking
“ransacking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ransacking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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