ransacking
IPA: rˈænsækɪŋ
noun
- The act by which something is ransacked.
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Examples of "ransacking" in Sentences
- I left my mother ransacking her drawers and burrowed back under the covers.
- Willoughby considered them a bunch of academic pinheads ransacking libraries for worthless information.
- Central Manchester and Salford saw serious looting and disorder as gangs waged running battles with police, ransacking dozens of shops.
- New York Post that the ransacking was a "huge, huge publicity stunt" -- and that someone was trying to "frame" Hailey for their dirty work. ...
- Another soldier, recalling ransacking Palestinian homes, said: "The entire contents of the house flew out the windows: refrigerator, plates, furniture."
- When another group finished ransacking a pawnbroker's and started cleaning out a local fashion boutique, an angry young black woman berated one of them.
- Mr. Assad's speech follows reports of Syrian troops ransacking a border village that had provided help to thousands of people fleeing a military crackdown on anti-government dissent.
- On the one hand, they reject any relationship, but on the other hand they live this relationship as a cultural "ransacking," which is simply a hideous copy of a possible dialogue among cultures and religions.
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