āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to rout
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āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϤā§āϰāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to defeat someone or something in a decisive and overwhelming manner
Transitive: to rout an opponent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soccer team played exceptionally well, managing to rout their opponents with a 5-0 score.
āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāϞ āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāϞ āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§, 5-0 āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āώāĻā§ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāϤā§āϰāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause a group of people or animals to scatter or disperse
Transitive: to rout a group
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The alarm went off, and the crowd was routed from the building in a panic.
āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻš āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϤā§āϰāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to carve out, gouge, or create a furrow in a material like wood, metal, or earth
Transitive: to rout solid material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a tool to rout the metal, leaving deep grooves along the surface.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻļā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to poke or search around with the snout
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog routed through the yard, sniffing for any scraps it could find.
āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ ā§āύ⧠āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϝ⧠āĻā§āύāĻ āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻāύā§āϧ āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻāϞāĻž
a disorderly and frenzied crowd of people, often characterized by chaos and confusion
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden appearance of a fire alarm caused a rout of panicked shoppers in the crowded mall.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŽāϞ⧠āĻāϤāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻāϞ, āύā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāϞ
a group of wolves
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āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧ
an overwhelming defeat



























