What does ransacking mean?
Ransacking means present participle and gerund of ransack.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of ransack.
Lefebvre never saw any of these battles and ransackings, but one wonders what he would have made of them.
Use ransacking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ransacking means present participle and gerund of ransack.
Common synonyms include ransack, rummage, digging.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lefebvre never saw any of these battles and ransackings, but one wonders what he would have made of them.
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