rout
1. a disorderly crowd of people
• Syn:
mob, rabble
• Derivationally related forms:
mob (for: mob)
• Hypernyms:
crowd
• Hyponyms:
lynch mob
2. an overwhelming defeat
• Hypernyms:
defeat, licking
1. cause to flee (Freq. 1)
- rout out the fighters from their caves
• Syn:
rout out, expel
• Hypernyms:
get the better of, overcome, defeat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. make a groove in
• Syn:
gouge
• Derivationally related forms:
gouge (for: gouge)
• Hypernyms:
hollow, hollow out, core out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. dig with the snout
- the pig was rooting for truffles
• Syn:
root, rootle
• Hypernyms:
dig, delve, cut into, turn over
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. defeat disastrously
• Syn:
spread-eagle, spreadeagle
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to rout his opponent
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