Rout (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves".
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- The army launched a surprise attack to rout the enemy forces from the occupied territory.
- The angry villagers managed to rout the group of thieves from their village.
- Soldiers fanned out to rout the remaining insurgents from their hidden bunkers.
- Air support was called in to rout the enemy's ground forces from the disputed region.
- Security teams moved in to rout the protesters from the government building grounds.
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Meaning 2
Defeat disastrously.
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 3
Dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Make a groove in.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.