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2rout
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ROUT
1
failure to win a contest <the championship game was a humiliating rout for the team that had been favored to win>
Synonyms beating, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, plastering, rout, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping
Related Words collapse, debacle (also débâcle), failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, nonsuccess, setback, upset; lurch, shutout, washout, whitewash
Near Antonyms accomplishment, achievement; blowout, cakewalk, landslide, romp, runaway, sweep, walkaway, walkover
2
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement <in the mad rout from the school shooter, it was every person for himself>
Related Words jailbreak; deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation; close call, close shave, near miss
Near Antonyms captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; custody, detention, hold, holding, retention; endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble
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