ransack
Example Sentences
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The victims’ bodies were found in a ransacked Indianapolis apartment.
From Seattle Times
A horde of his supporters stormed and ransacked the capital’s most important government buildings on Jan. 8, one week after Lula took office, seeking to oust the new president from power.
From Seattle Times
The rupture between Saudi Arabia and Iran occurred in 2016 when a vigilante mob ransacked the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after the execution of a Shia cleric by Saudi Arabia.
From New York Times
In March 1942, three months after Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack, three FBI agents descended on the family home in Seattle and ransacked the house, my aunts and uncles told me.
From Los Angeles Times
Entering Wounded Knee, they saw a ransacked church where activists and journalists had gathered — and men with rifles.
From Seattle Times
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