routs
Lopsided wins decisively
Routs is the plural of rout—a disorderly retreat or overwhelming defeat: The battle ended in a series of routs.
As a verb form, routs means defeats decisively or drives out: The underdog team routs the defending champions.
To rout out is to find and force from hiding: The investigation routs out corruption at every level.
Frenzied mass flight
- scatterDistribute in random directions
- disperseCause to spread apart
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
retreat · panic · disarray · chaos · confusion · disorder · mayhem · pandemonium
Surprise strike from concealment
- flankSide of body
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- pursuitAct of chasing something
cavalry · charge · skirmish · engagement · conquest · siege · maneuver · tactics
stampede
Frenzied mass flight
bolt · retreat · panic · disarray · chaos · confusion · disorder · mayhem · pandemonium · bedlam
ambush
Surprise strike from concealment
- flankSide of body
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- breakthroughSudden important advance
pursuit · cavalry · charge · skirmish · engagement · conquest · siege · maneuver · tactics · infantry
vanquish
Defeat thoroughly in conflict
drub · trounce · demolish · annihilate · overwhelm · decimate · obliterate · clobber · hammer · whip
rootle
Forage with snout
snout · grub · unearth · ferret · rummage · nose · root · scrabble · search · scour
- Regency eraseason, patronesses, patroness, Prince Regent, Jane Austen
- thrashingsbeatings, drubbings, thrashings, whippings, floggings
routssurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
capitulates · loses · defeats · falls · succumbs
routssqueakers
Barely-won competitions
close calls · nail-biters · photo finishes · draws · ties
- escape routePlanned exit path
- en routeCurrently in transit
- route numberHighway's assigned designation
- paper routeNewspaper distribution circuit
- scenic routeRoad selected for beauty
- bus routePublic transit trajectory