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noun

rout

a crushing defeat that scatters the losing side in disorder

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Six example sentences with rout, each labelled with its topic.

  • The game became a rout by halftime, with the visitors down by thirty and their starters resting on the bench.

    Basketball

  • The 1415 battle at Agincourt ended in a rout, the far larger French army scattering and leaving its banners in the mud.

    History

  • The grand final was a rout, the underdog team losing every map and never once holding the lead.

    Gaming

  • The election was a rout, with the governing party losing every district and its leader conceding before midnight.

    Politics

  • The bond rout wiped out a year of gains in a week, as every fund sold at once and nobody stepped in to buy.

    Finance

  • Tolstoy describes the rout at length, the army dissolving into a crowd that abandons its wagons and cannon on the road.

    Literature

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