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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
| Synonyms: | bash, beat, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, chase, clean up on, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, cut to pieces, destroy, discomfit, dispel, drive off, expel, finish*, hunt, kill*, lambaste*, larrup, murder*, outmaneuver, overpower, overthrow, put to flight, repulse, scatter, scuttle, shut out, skunk, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, torpedo, total*, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wax, whip, wipe off map, wipe out, worst, zap |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Antonyms: | win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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