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Ransack

To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.

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Manner of action 2

Deplume 76% connected

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Displume 76% connected

To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 9

Comb 92% connected

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Despoil 92% connected

To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Foray 92% connected

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Loot 92% connected

The act of plundering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pillage 92% connected

The act of pillaging; robbery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Plunder 92% connected

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Reave 92% connected

To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rifle 92% connected

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strip 92% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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