n.
Pronunciation: ' rau ̇ t
Function: transitive verb
Date: circa 1600
1 a : to disorganize completely : DEMORALIZE b : to put to precipitate flight c : to defeat decisively or disastrously <the discomfiture of seeing their party rout ed at the polls ― A. N. Holcombe>
2 : to drive out : DISPEL