ransacked

/ˈrænsækt/
adjective
  1. Describing a place that has been searched thoroughly and messily, often with damage or theft.
    • The ransacked office looked like a tornado had hit it.
    • They returned home to find their apartment completely ransacked.
    • The ransacked store had broken glass and empty shelves everywhere.
verb
  1. Past tense and past participle of ransack.
    • The thieves ransacked the museum last night.
    • The soldiers ransacked the village during the war.
    • She ransacked every drawer in the house looking for the key.
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