What (who) is Rout - definition
DISORDERLY RETREAT OF TROOPS FROM A BATTLEFIELD FOLLOWING A COLLAPSE IN A GIVEN UNIT'S COMMAND AUTHORITY.
Rout-party
![''Lady Godina's rout; – or – Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan'', by [[James Gillray]], 1796.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady Godina's rout; - or - Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan by James Gillray.jpg?width=200 "''Lady Godina's rout; – or – Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan'', by [[James Gillray]], 1796.")
rout
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n. a complete, utter rout
II
v. to rout completely, utterly
Rout
·vi To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
II. Rout ·noun A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
III. Rout ·noun A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
IV. Rout ·vt To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to Furrow.
V. Rout ·vi To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
VI. Rout ·noun A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
VII. Rout ·vt To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.
VIII. Rout ·noun A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
X. Rout ·noun A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
XI. Rout ·noun The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion;
- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
rout
(routs, routing, routed)
If an army, sports team, or other group routs its opponents, it defeats them completely and easily.
...the Battle of Hastings at which the Norman army routed the English opposition.
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Rout is also a noun.
Zidane completed the rout with a low shot from the edge of the penalty area.
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Wikipedia
Rout
A rout is a panicked, disorderly and undisciplined retreat of troops from a battlefield, following a collapse in a given unit's command authority, unit cohesion and combat morale (esprit de corps).
Pronunciation examples for Rout
1. routes.
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2. route?
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3. So the name "Route to Power," routes
Routes of Power - Energy and Modern America _ Christopher Jones _ Talks at Google
4. route A, route B, route C, route D. The iPhone doesn't
Super Sad True Love Story _ Gary Shteyngart _ Talks at Google
5. paper route.
From the Beach to the Boardroom to a Billion and Beyond _ Kathy Ireland _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Rout
1. Those, too, played a role in yesterday‘s stock market rout.
2. There were wins –– and losses, including one rout.
3. There were wins _ and losses, including one rout.
4. The rout in brokerages fed through to the exchange sector.
5. An election Thaksin called in 2006 to rout street protests against him was later annulled.