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  • 11rout — I. n. 1. Defeat, discomfiture, ruin, complete overthrow. 2. Concourse, rabble, multitude, tumultuous crowd, clamorous multitude. 3. Fashionable assembly, evening party. 4. Uproar, brawl, disturbance, noise. II. v. a. 1. Defeat, discomfort,… …

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  • 12rout|er — rout|er1 «ROW tuhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. any one of various tools or machines for hollowing out or furrowing. 2. a person who routs. –v.t. to hollow out with a router. ╂[< rout2 + er1] rout|er2 «ROO uhr, ROW », noun. 1. a person who arranges a …

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  • 13rout — [n] overwhelming defeat beating, clobbering*, comedown, confusion, debacle, disaster, drubbing*, embarrassment, flight, hiding, overthrow, retreat, romp, ruin, shambles, shutout, thrashing, trashing*, upset, vanquishment, walkover*, washout*,… …

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  • 14rout — I. /raʊt / (say rowt) noun 1. a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder: to put an army to rout. 2. a defeated and dispersing army. 3. a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons. 4. a clamour or …

  • 15rout — rout1 /rowt/, n. 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… …

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  • 16Rout of Winchester — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Rout of Winchester caption= partof=The Anarchy date=September 14, 1141 place=Winchester, England result=Royal victory combatant1=England combatant2=Angevins commander1=Queen Matilda of Boulogne William of Ypres… …

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  • 17rout — I [[t]raʊt[/t]] n. 1) a defeat attended with disorderly flight: to put an army to rout[/ex] 2) cvb any overwhelming defeat 3) a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons 4) law Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons… …

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  • 18rout-seat — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: rout (II) Britain : a light bench supplied for parties knocked … off the end of a rout seat at a ball W.F.DeMorgan * * * routˈ seat noun (archaic) A bench hired out for large social gatherings …

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  • 19rout — I. noun Etymology: Middle English route band, company of soldiers, crowd, from Anglo French rute band, from Vulgar Latin *rupta, from Latin, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break more at reave Date: 13th century 1. a crowd of… …

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  • 20rout — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stampede, panic; discomfit, defeat, repulse. See success, failure, populace. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flight, retreat, confusion; see defeat 2 , loss 1 . v. Syn. overcome, overthrow, scatter, hunt,… …

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