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ransack | x |

As a verb ransack

is (label) to loot or pillage see also sack .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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.

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----