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ransackings

ransackings is the plural of ransacking.

Meaning of ransacking

Noun

ransacking (plural ransackings)

  1. An act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search.
    • Lefebvre never saw any of these battles and ransackings, but one wonders what he would have made of them.2013, Andrew Merrifield, Henri Lefebvre: A Critical Introduction, page 58
    Synonyms:
    ransack

Questions about ransackings

What is ransackings the plural of?
Ransackings is the plural of ransacking.

Words near ransackings in the dictionary

  1. ransacker
  2. ransackers
  3. ransackest
  4. ransacketh
  5. ransacking
  6. ransackings
  7. ransackle
  8. ransackled
  9. ransackles
  10. ransackling
  11. ransacks

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