Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Ransack

Protect

The most appropriate antonym of the given word ransack is protect.

• Ransack means to search through a place in a violent or destructive way, especially in order to steal things.
• Protect means to guard or keep safe from harm or danger.

The word ransack means to search through a place in a violent or destructive way, especially in order to steal things, while the word protect means to guard or keep safe from harm or danger. Therefore, the antonym of ransack is protect.

The other options are not antonyms of ransack.

• Seize means to take possession of something by force or authority.
• Raid means to make a sudden, violent attack on a place, especially for the purpose of looting.
• Pilfer means to steal small amounts of things, especially in a casual or petty way.