rout
a complete defeat
TRANSLATION
a rout = verheerende Niederlage to rout = eine vernichtende Niederlage zufügen, besiegen to put to rout = in die Flucht schlagen --- GOOGLE INDEX rout: approximately 31,100,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Global stock markets fall amid oil ROUT. Wall Street shares ease off earlier heavy losses on a day of turmoil on global markets when the plunging oil price again panicked investors.
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rout
noun
- a disastrous defeat
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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When used as a verb, rout means to defeat overwhelmingly. It comes from Middle French route, defeat.
The verb and noun are pronounced the same (rhyming with "about"). As a noun, rout refers to a disastrous loss, such as in battle, an election, or a sporting match, in which you have no chance against your opponent.
Another definition of rout is a disorderly crowd or mob. You can remember this by thinking of riot, a loud, angry and sometimes violent crowd of protesters.
However, don't mix up rout with these similar-sounding words: root and route.
- A root is the part of a plant that grows underground.
- A route is a road, course, or way from one place to another. Think of the famous Route 66. If something is "en route", it is on the way, possibly related to the French mettre en route, which means to put into motion.
Somewhat confusingly, the English word "route" is spoken to rhyme with "root", in the US, you'll sometimes hear it rhyme with "about".
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SYNONYMS
beating, debacle, disaster, drubbing, thrashing, whipping, clobbering, hiding, trashing, vanquishment
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Many people are betting that a Clinton defeat of Trump will be a total rout."
noun
- a disastrous defeat
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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When used as a verb, rout means to defeat overwhelmingly. It comes from Middle French route, defeat.
The verb and noun are pronounced the same (rhyming with "about"). As a noun, rout refers to a disastrous loss, such as in battle, an election, or a sporting match, in which you have no chance against your opponent.
Another definition of rout is a disorderly crowd or mob. You can remember this by thinking of riot, a loud, angry and sometimes violent crowd of protesters.
However, don't mix up rout with these similar-sounding words: root and route.
- A root is the part of a plant that grows underground.
- A route is a road, course, or way from one place to another. Think of the famous Route 66. If something is "en route", it is on the way, possibly related to the French mettre en route, which means to put into motion.
Somewhat confusingly, the English word "route" is spoken to rhyme with "root", in the US, you'll sometimes hear it rhyme with "about".
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SYNONYMS
beating, debacle, disaster, drubbing, thrashing, whipping, clobbering, hiding, trashing, vanquishment
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Many people are betting that a Clinton defeat of Trump will be a total rout."
