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rout4    Audio Help   [rout, root] Pronunciation Key, Chiefly British Dialect
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.to bellow; roar.
–noun
2.a bellow.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME rowten < ON rauta to bellow; akin to L rudere]
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rout3    Audio Help   [rout] Pronunciation Key,
–verb (used without object) Archaic.
to snore.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME routen, OE hrūtan; c. OHG hrūzan]
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rout2    Audio Help   [rout] Pronunciation Key,
–verb (used without object)
1.to root: pigs routing in the garden.
2.to poke, search, or rummage.
–verb (used with object)
3.to turn over or dig up (something) with the snout.
4.to find or get by searching, rummaging, etc. (usually fol. by out).
5.to cause to rise from bed (often fol. by up or out).
6.to force or drive out.
7.to hollow out or furrow, as with a scoop, gouge, or machine.
[Origin: 1540–50; alter. of root2; cf. MD ruten to root out]
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rout1    Audio Help   [rout] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder: to put an army to rout; to put reason to rout.
2.any overwhelming defeat: a rout of the home team by the state champions.
3.a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons.
4.the rabble or mob.
5.Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a manner that suggests an intention to riot although they do not actually carry out the intention.
6.a large, formal evening party or social gathering.
7.Archaic. a company or band of people.
–verb (used with object)
8.to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight: to rout an army.
9.to defeat decisively: to rout an opponent in conversation.
[Origin: 1200–50; (n.) ME < AF rute, OF route a fraction, detachment < L rupta, fem. ptp. of rumpere to break; (v.) deriv. of the n.]

—Synonyms 3. swarm, horde. 9. overwhelm, overcome, subdue.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  defeat
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated.
Synonyms:  beating, drubbing, overthrow, thrashing, vanquishment
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  defeat
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition.
Synonyms:  beat, best, conquer, master, overcome, prevail against, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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rout: see riot, rout, and unlawful assembly.

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