1. Cause to flee
   "rout out the fighters from their caves"
   - rout out, expel 
2. Dig with the snout
   - root, rootle 
3. Make a groove in
   - gouge 
4. Defeat disastrously
   - spread-eagle, spreadeagle

1. [N. Amer] A disorderly crowd of people
   - mob, rabble, scrum [Brit] 
2. An overwhelming defeat

Derived forms: routed, routs

Type of: beat, beat out, core out, crowd, crush, cut into, defeat, delve, dig, get the better of, hollow, hollow out, licking, overcome, shell, trounce, turn over, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Rout

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