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rout

[ US /ˈɹaʊt/ ]
VERB
  1. make a groove in
  2. defeat disastrously
  3. cause to flee
    rout out the fighters from their caves
  4. dig with the snout
    the pig was rooting for truffles
NOUN
  1. an overwhelming defeat
  2. a disorderly crowd of people

How To Use rout In A Sentence

  • A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
  • These same people also routinely said they felt comfortable with Bush as a leader with values and dignity.
  • He nearly knocked over a couple of pop fans en route. The Sun
  • She wound up her dance routine with a wobbly pirouette and took a little bow.
  • Since then neither the printer nor wireless internet router appeared to be working. Times, Sunday Times
  • The smoothly boiled porridge, with its accompaniment of thick yellow cream; the new-laid eggs; the grilled trout, fresh from the stream; the freshly baked "baps" and "scones," the crisp rolls of oatcake; and last, but not least, the delectable, home-made marmalade, which is as much a part of the meal as the coffee itself. Big Game A Story for Girls
  • Armantrout's short lines, use of rhetoric, aggressive lineation, disjunctions and juxtapositions, discursiveness, parataxis, and myriad condensatory techniques are all exemplary, but never overbearing. Seth Abramson: November 2011 Contemporary Poetry Reviews
  • This is the second Mercator chart showing Lindbergh's route as a series of 500 mile-long loxodromes approximating the great circle route from New York to Paris.
  • Concerns about the clinical implications, the cost of routine medication, and the possible excessive wastage resulting from the return of units to the blood bank have led us to question our practice.
  • Get the ready-mixed grout on a squeegee, smear it into all the gaps, then smooth away any excess (see below). Times, Sunday Times
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