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rout

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1. rout - Noun

2. rout - Verb

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To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.

To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.

To search or root in the ground, as a swine.

A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.

A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.

The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.

A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.

A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.

To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.

To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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rout out the fighters from their caves Source: Internet

the pig was rooting for truffles Source: Internet

After meeting resistance, ARVN forces retreated in a confused rout. Source: Internet

A global rout where China was the only stock market that was spared. Source: Internet

After a false start with defeat to Belgium, he was a whirlwind in a 4-1 rout of Hungary, though that was as good as it got. Source: Internet

Before the ECB’s intervention, traders had been bracing for another sharp decline in Asia after yet another coronavirus-inspired rout on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones index closing down more than six percent. Source: Internet

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