"ransacking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ransackings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ransacking (plural ransackings)
  1. An act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search. Synonyms: ransack
    Sense id: en-ransacking-en-noun-Ml7H-QBy Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ransacking
  1. present participle and gerund of ransack Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ransack
    Sense id: en-ransacking-en-verb-5GXu9Gtq

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