complete rout

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• Rout — Rout, n. [OF. route, LL. rupta, properly, a breaking, fr. L. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break. See {Rupture}, {reave}, and cf. {Rote} repetition of forms, {Route}. In some senses this word has been confused with rout a bellowing, an uproar.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rout — I n. a complete, utter rout II v. to rout completely, utterly * * * [raʊt] utter rout utterly a complete to rout completely …   Combinatory dictionary

• rout — 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… …   Universalium

• rout — I UK [raʊt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms rout : present tense I/you/we/they rout he/she/it routs present participle routing past tense routed past participle routed to completely defeat someone in a battle, competition, or election He was… …   English dictionary

• rout — 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 …  

• rout — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + ROUT ▪ become, turn into ▪ The game ended in a total rout. ▪ put sb to ▪ They put the rebel army to rout. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• rout — rout1 [raut] v [T] to defeat someone completely in a battle, competition, or election rout 2 rout2 n [>C usually singular, U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: route group of people, defeat , from Latin rupta, from ruptus broken ] a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rout — rout1 [ raut ] noun count usually singular a complete defeat of an opponent in a battle, competition, or election: His touchdown completed the rout in the fourth quarter. rout rout 2 [ raut ] verb transitive to completely defeat someone in a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• complete — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb 1 finish sth ADVERB ▪ on schedule, on time ▪ successfully ▪ The project has now been successfully completed. ▪ just, recently …   Collocations dictionary

• rout — 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,… …   New dictionary of synonyms

• rout — 1 verb (T) to defeat someone completely in a battle, competition, or election 2 noun (singular) a complete defeat in a battle, competition or election: put sb to rout literary (=defeat them completely in a battle) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English