Rout and Surrender

Rout

Rout verb - To defeat by a large margin.

Surrender is an antonym for rout in defeat overwhelmingly topic.

Nearby Words: route, routed, routing

Surrender

Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

Rout is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

How words are described

full full rout full surrender
complete complete rout complete surrender
total total rout total surrender
orderly orderly rout orderly surrender
Other adjectives: roman.

Common collocations

army rout army surrender army
weapon rout weapon surrender weapon
times rout times surrender times
forces rout forces surrender forces

Both words in one sentence

  • Light Novel / Schwarzesmarken When news of her death at the hands of Theodor reached them, the loyalist will to fight completely crumbled, leading to a mass surrender/rout.
  • Last Stand More like they did not surrender as a body, but not long afterwards joined the general rout and were captured individually.
    Source: Last Stand
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