simple past tense and past participle of rout

decisively beaten or defeated

plural of routeing

Misspelling of en route.

(somewhat nonstandard) Alternative form of en route

plural of Route

(countable, obsolete) A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.

(intransitive, obsolete) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.

(originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.

(transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.). / (intransitive, archaic) To retreat from a confrontation in disorder.