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ransacking
Overview of noun ransacking
The noun ransacking has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. 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")
Overview of verb ransack
The verb ransack has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) 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")
2. (3) comb, ransack -- (search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ransacking
1 sense of ransacking
Sense 1
ransacking, rummage
=> search, hunt, hunting
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun ransacking
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ransacking
1 sense of ransacking
Sense 1
ransacking, rummage
=> search, hunt, hunting
Antonyms of noun ransacking
Member Holonyms of noun ransacking
Substance Holonyms of noun ransacking
Part Holonyms of noun ransacking
Member Meronyms of noun ransacking
Substance Meronyms of noun ransacking
Part Meronyms of noun ransacking
Meronyms of noun ransacking
Holonyms of noun ransacking
Attributes of noun ransacking
Derived Forms of noun ransacking
1 sense of ransacking
Sense 1
ransacking, rummage
RELATED TO>(verb) ransack#2
=> comb, ransack
Domain of noun ransacking
Domain Terms of noun ransacking
Familiarity of noun ransacking
ransacking used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun ransacking
1 sense of ransacking
Sense 1
ransacking, rummage
> search, hunt, hunting
=> exploration
=> foraging, forage
=> frisk, frisking
=> looking, looking for
=> manhunt
=> quest, seeking
=> ransacking, rummage
=> scouring
=> shakedown
Meronyms of noun ransacking
1 sense of ransacking
Holonyms of noun ransacking
Grep of noun ransacking
ransacking
Antonyms of verb ransack
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ransack
2 senses of ransack
Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> take
Sense 2
comb, ransack
=> search
=> examine, see
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ransack
1 of 2 senses of ransack
Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> deplume, displume
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ransack
2 senses of ransack
Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> take
Sense 2
comb, ransack
=> search
'Cause To' of verb ransack
Derived Forms of verb ransack
1 of 2 senses of ransack
Sense 2
comb, ransack
RELATED TO>(noun) ransacking#1
=> ransacking, rummage
Domain of verb ransack
Domain Terms of verb ransack
Familiarity of verb ransack
ransack used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb ransack
2 senses of ransack
Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
comb, ransack
EX: The customs agents ransack the bags for drugs
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb ransack
2 senses of ransack
Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
> take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> extort
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> sack, plunder
Sense 2
comb, ransack
> search
=> raid
=> frisk
=> strip-search
=> scan
=> rifle, go
=> rummage
=> comb, ransack
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ransack
Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> take
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Sense 2
comb, ransack
=> search
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Grep of verb ransack
ransack
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