routverb [ T ]
uk/raʊt/us/raʊt/formalto defeat an enemy completely and force them to run away
to defeat an opponent completely:
The Russian chess team routed all the rest.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- action stations
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
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Winning and defeating
Phrasal verb(s)
rout sb out
routnoun [ C ]
uk/raʊt/us/raʊt/defeat:
The battle/election was a complete and utter rout.
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Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- bank
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- outmanoeuvre
- outpace
- outperform
- outscore
- overpower
- pip
- reel
- sew
- sweep
- trouncing
- trump
- unassailable
- unbeaten
- undefeated
- wipe
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