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1) a fastener with one or more spikes made to go through a hole in a belt etc (buckle)

2) to cause (something) to go through the air by a strong movement of the arm etc; to put (something) suddenly and carelessly in a place or position (throw)

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Meaning:
burgle

to break into a building and commit burglary

ransack

consume

to eat or drink (something)

use up

devour

to eat (food, a meal) hungrily or greedily

swallow, consume

endure

to suffer a long period of (pain, hardship etc)

bear hardship

examine

to look at (a person, thing) carefully in order to learn something; to put questions to (a person) in order to test knowledge or get information

analyse, test

expend

to use up money, time etc

exhaust; spend

fritter

a piece of fried batter with sliced fruit or meat in it

waste away

inspect

to examine (details) carefully; to visit (a school, office etc) to see if the organization is running well and work is done properly

examine, check

penetrate

to make or force a way into or through (something); to be understood; understand

pierce; get through physically

permeate

to pass, flow or spread into every part of (something)

filter, spread throughout

ransack

to search (a place) untidily and thoroughly

turn inside out in search; ravage

read

to look et and (be able to) understand (something written or printed)

look at and understand written word

rehearse

to practise (a play, music, a speech etc) before a public performance

prepare for performance

rifle

a kind of gun with a long barrel, (to be) fired from the shoulder; to search (something) thoroughly in order to steal

ransack

sift

to put (something), separate (something) by putting, through a sieve; to examine something carefully

take out residue; remove impurities

squander

to use up (time, money, an opportunity etc) carelessly

fritter away, use up

suffer

to feel or experience pain, difficulty etc; to bear (something unpleasant)

be in pain

undergo

to experience (difficulty)

be subjected to

underwent

of undergo

be subjected to

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