rout
Example Sentences
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In Memphis, former Grizzlies star Dillon Brooks returned to haunt his former club with 21 points for the Phoenix Suns in a 117-98 rout.
From Barron's
The rout comes as brokerages have been requiring more margin to facilitate trading in precious metals.
From MarketWatch
In January 1966, he joined a battalion of U.S. soldiers seeking to rout North Vietnamese snipers and was standing next to the battalion commander when an officer paused to read a map.
From Los Angeles Times
If this were any other American household, it would be reasonable to assume Williams is ecstatic over a bet, fantasy-football win or simply the Eagles’ rout of the lowly Las Vegas Raiders.
The rout picked up steam in December, dragging on other digital tokens as investors turned more pessimistic about the economy and re-evaluated riskier holdings across markets.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
