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S vs Ransack - What's the difference?

s | ransack |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb ransack is

(label) to loot or pillage see also sack .

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    ransack

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To loot or pillage. See also sack .
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Their vow is made / To ransack Troy.
  • (label) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
  • :
  • *(Robert South) (1634–1716)
  • *:to ransack every corner of theirhearts
  • (label) To examine carefully; to investigate.
  • *:
  • *:Thenne came there an olde monke whiche somtyme had ben a knyghte & behelde syre Melyas / And anone he ransakyd hym / & thenne he saide vnto syr Galahad I shal hele hym of this wo?de by the grace of god within the terme of seuen wekes
  • To violate; to ravish; to deflower.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.