Noun

• S: (n) mob (mob%1:14:00::), rabble (rabble%1:14:00::), rout (rout%1:14:00::) (a disorderly crowd of people)
• S: (n) rout (rout%1:11:00::) (an overwhelming defeat)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) defeat (defeat%1:11:00::), licking (licking%1:11:01::) (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest) "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) rout (rout%2:33:00::), rout out (rout_out%2:33:00::), expel (expel%2:33:00::) (cause to flee) "rout out the fighters from their caves"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) get the better of (get_the_better_of%2:33:00::), overcome (overcome%2:33:03::), defeat (defeat%2:33:00::) (win a victory over) "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) rout (rout%2:35:01::), root (root%2:35:00::), rootle (rootle%2:35:00::) (dig with the snout) "the pig was rooting for truffles"
• S: (v) rout (rout%2:35:00::), gouge (gouge%2:35:01::) (make a groove in)
• S: (v) spread-eagle (spread-eagle%2:33:00::), spreadeagle (spreadeagle%2:33:00::), rout (rout%2:33:01::) (defeat disastrously)