rout
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(verb) cause to flee |
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Synonyms: expel, rout out |
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Related Words: defeat, overcome |
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| 2. |
(verb) make a groove in |
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Synonyms: gouge, groove |
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Related Words: core out, hollow, hollow out |
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| 3. |
(verb) dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" |
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Synonyms: root, rootle |
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Related Words: cut into, delve, dig, turn over |
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| 4. |
(noun) a defeat in battle |
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Synonyms: discomfit, discomfiture |
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Related Words: defeat, licking |
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| 5. |
(verb) defeat disastrously |
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Synonyms: spread-eagle, spreadeagle |
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Related Words: beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish |
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(noun) a disorderly crowd of people |
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Synonyms: mob, rabble |
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Related Words: crowd, lynch mob |
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