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Meaning of rout

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rout
      n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: {mob}, {rabble}, {rout}]
      2: an overwhelming defeat
      v 1: cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"
           [syn: {rout}, {rout out}, {expel}]
      2: dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" [syn:
         {rout}, {root}, {rootle}]
      3: make a groove in [syn: {rout}, {gouge}]
      4: defeat disastrously [syn: {spread-eagle}, {spreadeagle},
         {rout}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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