reroute
verb
re·route
(ˌ)rē-ˈrüt 
-ˈrau̇t
rerouted; rerouting
1
transitive
: to send or direct (something) on or along a different route
rerouting flights/traffic
Bypassing roads, of course, was a prime consideration in rerouting the trail …—
Paul Dunphy
Paul Dunphyautomatically reroutes incoming calls
2
intransitive
: to switch to a different route
The storm forced planes/ships to reroute.
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Nation-state actors have leveraged this technique to reroute users at scale, enabling large-scale credential theft and phishing campaigns.
—David Redekop, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The crash occurred at I-94 southbound at 87th Street around 3:16 a.m., causing traffic to be rerouted off the expressway at 87th Street, Illinois State Police said.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Howard was assured his payments were going toward purchase of the team, but instead his money was rerouted through multiple banks and ultimately to a shell company.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Instead, on Friday, engineers at the airport had to manually reconfigure switches at another substation to temporarily reroute available power to Heathrow.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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David Redekop, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The crash occurred at I-94 southbound at 87th Street around 3:16 a.m., causing traffic to be rerouted off the expressway at 87th Street, Illinois State Police said.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Howard was assured his payments were going toward purchase of the team, but instead his money was rerouted through multiple banks and ultimately to a shell company.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Instead, on Friday, engineers at the airport had to manually reconfigure switches at another substation to temporarily reroute available power to Heathrow.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Reroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reroute. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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