Sample Sentences forroutgrouped by contextual meaning (editor-reviewed)
rout as in: the team was routed
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We routed the other team.routed = defeated in an overwhelming manner
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The military force was routed, but they regrouped in the high mountains.routed = beaten so badly they retreated in a disorderly manner
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After consulting a tree to ascertain from its lichen which way was south, and taking no lip from the subordinates who ventured to correct him, Colonel Maycomb set out on a purposeful journey to rout the enemy and entangled his troops so far northwest in the forest primeval that they were eventually rescued by settlers moving inland. (source)rout = overwhelming defeat
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It was a complete rout. (source)rout = an overwhelming defeat
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The lords of the Trident have been put to rout. (source)rout = a disorderly retreat
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Like many of the other houses in Deering Highlands, the property has been boarded up and fenced off ever since the great rout that emptied the area, but Alex shows us a way to sneak in through a loosened plank covering one of the first-floor windows. (source)rout = overwhelming defeat
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Running in what was celebrated as the best field of high school milers in history, Louie routed them all and smoked the mile in 4:21. (source)routed = overwhelmingly defeated
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Fragments of triumphant phrases pushed themselves through the din: 'Vast strategic maneuver — perfect co-ordination — utter rout — half a million prisoners — complete demoralization — control of the whole of Africa — bring the war within measurable distance of its end victory — greatest victory in human history — victory, victory, victory!' (source)rout = defeat of the enemy
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And probably—certainly—ways to avoid betrayal while speeding up routings.† (source)
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Her son had won two great victories, smashing Jaime Lannister in the Whispering Wood and routing his leaderless host outside the walls of Riverrun in the Battle of the Camps, but from the way some of his bannermen spoke of him, he might have been Aegon the Conqueror reborn. (source)routing = defeating in an overwhelming manner
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The switch house is padlocked, but a padlock is only as strong as the door it's on—and this door had been routed by termites. (source)routed = overwhelmingly defeated
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By noon or shortly thereafter the rout was over, the day lost for the Americans. (source)rout = an overwhelming defeat
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The routings are convoluted to the point of being untraceable.† (source)
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They understand nothing about warfare, they simply go on and let themselves be shot down. A single flyer routed two companies of them for a joke, just as they came fresh from the train—before they had ever heard of such a thing as cover. (source)routed = sent running (in disorderly retreat)
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"Uh, thanks," said Colin, and Mr. Lyford ran off into the distance, weaving through the forest in search of more, fresher routings.† (source)
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Michael is said to have routed armies. (source)routed = defeated in an overwhelming manner
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meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus
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Then he went back and crept in through the Front Gate and routed out all the halls, and lanes, and tunnels, alleys, cellars, mansions and passages. (source)routed = searched
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Buck made his hole in the snow and slept the sleep of the exhausted just, but all too early was routed out in the cold darkness and harnessed with his mates to the sled. (source)routed = made to get up
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or if you know That I profess myself, in banqueting, To all the rout, then hold me dangerous. (source)rout = crowd
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