Synonyms of ransacking

ransacking 1 of 2

noun

as in plundering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plundering
• looting
• pillaging
• pillage
• plunder
• marauding
• despoiling
• spoliation
• sacking
• depredation
• predation
• sabotage
• wrecking
• despoilment
• destruction
• demolishing
• ravaging
• desecration
• ravage
• trashing
• ruination
• desecrating
• vandalism
• demolishment
• ruin
• defacement
• defacing
• vandalization

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protection
• saving
• preservation
• conservation
• salvage

• protection
• saving
• preservation
• conservation
• salvage

ransacking

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verb

present participle of ransack

1

as in looting

to search through with the intent of committing robbery

it was clear that the thieves who had ransacked the museum were professionals—they bypassed most of the exhibits and went straight for the vaults

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plundering
• looting
• pillaging
• sacking
• raiding
• marauding
• despoiling
• combing
• raking
• stealing (from)
• rummaging
• hunting
• burglarizing
• breaking in
• rifling
• ravishing
• ripping off
• harrying

2

as in searching

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

I've ransacked the whole house for that book you lent me and it's nowhere to be found

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searching
• combing
• finding
• scanning
• rummaging
• scouring
• surveying
• raking
• exploring
• examining
• investigating
• locating
• dredging
• trolling
• inspecting
• digging (through)
• hunting (through)
• sorting (through)
• discovering
• rifling
• reviewing
• scrutinizing
• detecting
• ascertaining
• auditing
• determining
• learning
• checking (out)
• probing
• snooping
• frisking
• studying
• tracking (down)
• hitting (on or upon)
• perusing
• finding out
• browsing
• getting
• running down
• poking (around)
• prospecting
• shaking down
• descrying
• ferreting (out)
• looking over
• patting down
• glancing (over)
• skirmishing
• grubbing (about)
• scaring up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• abandoning
• neglecting

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• abandoning
• neglecting