rout

Definition of rout

Nouns

a disorderly crowd of people

Synonyms:: mob, rabble

Types:: lynch mob
a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority

Type of:: crowd
a large number of things or people considered together

an overwhelming defeat

Type of:: defeat, licking
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

Verbs

cause to flee

"rout out the fighters from their caves"

Synonyms:: expel, rout out

Type of:: defeat, get the better of, overcome
win a victory over

dig with the snout

Synonyms:: root, rootle

Type of:: cut into, delve, dig, turn over
turn up, loosen, or remove earth

make a groove in

Synonyms:: gouge

Type of:: core out, hollow, hollow out
remove the interior of

defeat disastrously

Synonyms:: spread-eagle, spreadeagle

Type of:: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Vocabulary Lists for rout

abase
abash
abate
abbreviate
abdicate

seamanly
squire
rum
stockade
clove hitch

suppliant
adjure
woe
slay
suborn

aggravated
astride
binding
bit
blat

pique
magnanimity
discriminate
insular
parochial

unfirm
accoutre
unbrace
preform
soothsayer

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