Rout

Noun

 * 1) A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
 * 2) A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
 * 3) A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
 * 4) * 1928, H. P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu", Weird Tales, Vol. 11, No. 2, pages 159–178, 287:
 * ...although there must have been nearly a hundred mongrel celebrants in the throng, the police relied on their firearms and plunged determinedly into the nauseous rout.
 * 1) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
 * 2) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
 * 3) A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.

Verb

 * 1)  To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
 * 2)  To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
 * 3) * 2009 January 30, Adam Entous, "Mitchell warns of setbacks ahead in Mideast talks" (news article), Reuters:
 * Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip after Hamas routed secular Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and seized control of the enclave in June 2007.

Verb

 * 1) To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
 * 2) To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
 * 3) To use a router in woodworking.

Thesaurus
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Etymology 1
1598, "disorderly retreat," from Middle French route "disorderly flight of troops," literally "a breaking off, rupture," from Vulgar Latin rupta "a dispersed group," literally "a broken group," from Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpere "to break" (see rupture). The verb is from 1600.

Etymology 2
Alteration of root

Noun

 * Czech: raut


 * French: raout

Anagrams

 * tour
 * trou