verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
home
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And while Mr Stevens's bride was keeping a round-the-clock at his hospital bedside, burglars ransacked their home .
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They blew up trains, ransacked upper-caste homes and carried out a series of kidnappings and murders.
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Read in studio A great-grandmother has lost her life savings after masked robbers tied her up and ransacked her home .
house
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Voice over After beating him, they ransacked the house , but could only find £10's worth of coins.
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They searched everywhere for Solomon, ransacking the house in the process.
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Two men then ransacked her house while another stood guard over her for half an hour.
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They tied me up, ransacked the house and burnt our grain store.
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The attacker ransacked the house but got away with just £60.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Roth found his home had been ransacked by burglars.
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She ransacked the dresser drawer, looking for the ring.
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The newspaper's offices were ransacked by members of the secret police.
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Thieves broke in and ransacked the house.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And while Mr Stevens's bride was keeping a round-the-clock at his hospital bedside, burglars ransacked their home.
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Every charcuterie in town had been ransacked in order to provide something palatable.
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Post-war euphoria, when the Big House ransacked its rose-garden and all the village wore roses.
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The whole neighborhood was ransacked for milk, butter, eggs, poultry, etc...
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Their house is ransacked by monkeys, flooded, and occupied by a variety of wild and dangerous animals.