rout
[noun]
Synonyms:
- defeat, beating, debacle, drubbing, overthrow, pasting (slang), thrashing
[verb]
Synonyms:
- defeat, beat, conquer, crush, destroy, drub, overthrow, thrash, wipe the floor with (informal)

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Related Idioms: put to flight
Related Words: chase, dispel, drive, expel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. rout¹ /raʊt/ verb [transitive]
to defeat someone completely in a battle, competition, or election

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. rout² noun [countable usually singular, uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: route 'group of people, defeat', from Latin rupta, from ruptus 'broken']
a complete defeat in a battle, competition, or election:
The battle turned into a rout.
put somebody to rout (=defeat somebody completely)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rout
noun
ADJ. total
VERB + ROUT become, end in, turn into The game ended in a total rout.
put sb to They put the rebel army to rout.
start | complete

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