rout
rout/rout/
noun
- a disorderly retreat of defeated troops."the retreat degenerated into a rout"synonyms: disorderly retreat, retreat, flight, headlong flight
- an assembly of people who have made a move toward committing an illegal act which would constitute an offense of riot.
- a large evening party or reception.
verb
defeat and cause to retreat in disorder.
"in a matter of minutes the attackers were routed"
synonyms: put to flight, put to rout, drive off, dispel, scatter, defeat, beat, conquer, vanquish, crush, overpower, overwhelm, overthrow, subjugate
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1. a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat 2. a : a disastrous defeat : debacle b : a precipitate flight
verb (used with object). to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight: to rout an army. to defeat decisively: to rout an opponent in conversation.
to defeat an enemy completely and force them to run away. to defeat an opponent completely: The Russian chess team routed all the rest.
A rout is the kind of humiliating loss that makes you wish you would have been injured in the first quarter so you could have avoided the outcome.
ROUT meaning: 1 : a game or contest in which the winner easily defeats the loser by a large amount; 2 : a confused and disorderly retreat from a place ...
1. a disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble 2. a disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops to be put to rout 3. an overwhelming defeat.
A rout /raʊt/ is a panicked, disorderly and undisciplined retreat of troops from a battlefield, following a collapse in a given unit's command authority, ...
A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
ˈrau̇t. Definition of rout. 1. as in throng. a great number of persons or creatures massed together a great rout of rubberneckers had gathered around the scene ...
Idioms. put somebody to rout. (literary) to defeat somebody easily and completely. They put the rebel army to rout.