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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a great rout of rubberneckers had gathered around the scene of the accident
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as in populace
people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
at first the protests were dismissed as nothing more than the idle doings of the restless rout
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as in defeat
failure to win a contest
the championship game was a humiliating rout for the team that had been favored to win
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as in escape
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
in the mad rout from the school shooter, it was every person for himself
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as in to overcome
to defeat by a large margin
as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs
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as in to out
to drive or force out
the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders
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Recent Examples of rout
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Alyssa Rudd, San Ramon Valley basketball: The junior forward scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in SRV’s dominant 76-43 rout of Acalanes in the NCS Open Division title game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
He was thrilled with the way the team rebounded from a 26-24 loss to the Cowboys on Dec. 22 to rout the Panthers 48-14 this past weekend.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
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Preparing for Luka The first Celtics-Lakers meeting this season – a 117-96 LA rout on Jan. 23 – was before the latter acquired Doncic in a blockbuster trade that stunned the sports world.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
Alyssa Rudd, San Ramon Valley basketball: The junior forward scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in SRV’s dominant 76-43 rout of Acalanes in the NCS Open Division title game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
The president claimed the action was necessary to rout out subversive and anti-state actors within the national government.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025
He was thrilled with the way the team rebounded from a 26-24 loss to the Cowboys on Dec. 22 to rout the Panthers 48-14 this past weekend.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
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The plethora of pixels can’t overcome a noise-prone sensor, though, and its picture tends to be soft.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Mar. 2025
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Professionals can take control of their careers by overcoming these challenges and embracing an entrepreneurial mindset.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, Ava didn't go down without a fight and threatened to out Deborah's secret.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Phil, who requested his last name not be used for privacy reasons, was 70 years old when an acquaintance outed him against his will to his Pittsburgh neighborhood.—
Riley Robinson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Mar. 2025
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Lightfoot trounced him in the city’s majority-Black wards, while Wilson mostly finished second in those areas.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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As Shakespeare keenly understood, when the individual is allowed to trounce the collective, the result isn’t freedom but barbarism.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Equally, especially after letdowns in the Champions League and the cup competitions, Díaz has more dreams to chase at Anfield, knowing that head coach Arne Slot’s promising project remains in the embryonic stages.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Beckford had just been chased from the scene of a drug-den murder.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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The moment was so precious that Reed whipped out her phone to take a quick video and later shared it on TikTok.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Blizzards expected in Northern Plains Forecasters warned that heavy snow whipped by powerful winds are likely to make travel treacherous in parts of the Rockies and Northern Plains.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2025
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McCaffery was ejected in his final game coaching the Hawkeyes, a 106-94 loss to Illinois on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Multiple fans were ejected from the game, with a team official citing the NBA's Code of Conduct.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Israel bombed Gaza in what was one of the deadliest single days since the war began.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.—
Mary LaPorte,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
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For many parts of the U.S., banishing cars simply isn’t realistic in the absence of comprehensive public transportation and high-density redesigns that often lack political or taxpayer backing.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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Patrick, born Roman, raised Welsh, and famously credited with banishing snakes from Ireland (a reptilian issue geology had resolved millennia before) dominates the global imagination.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Rout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rout. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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