n. 25B6; noun
the army's ignominious rout : RETREAT, flight.
Newcastle scored 13 tries in the rout : CRUSHING DEFEAT, trouncing, annihilation; debacle, fiasco; informal licking, hammering, thrashing, pasting, drubbing, massacre.
victory.
25B6; verb
his army was routed : PUT TO FLIGHT, drive off, scatter; defeat, beat, conquer, vanquish, crush, overpower.
he routed the defending champion : BEAT HOLLOW, trounce, defeat, get the better of; informal lick, hammer, clobber, thrash, paste, demolish, annihilate, drub, cane, wipe the floor with, walk all over, make mincemeat of, massacre, slaughter; Brit. informal stuff; N. Amer. informal cream, shellac, skunk.
lose.