Rout and Total

Rout

Rout verb - To defeat by a large margin.

Total and rout are semantically related. in defeat overwhelmingly topic. In some cases you can use "Total" instead a verb "Rout".

Nearby Words: route, routed, routing

Total

Total verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago

Rout and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rout" instead a verb "Total".

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled

How words are described

full full rout full total
massive massive rout massive total

Common collocations

weapon rout weapon total weapon
armor rout armor total armor
units rout units total units

Both words in one sentence

  • Any infantry unit in Britian in Napoleon Total War will take forever to rout unless outflanked.
  • Useful Notes / The American Civil War Confederate Lieutenant-Colonel Lightfoot thought he was ordered to move the line back a little bit and ended up starting a total rout instead.
  • America's first confrontation with the Wehrmacht in WW2 proved to be a total rout, as the outnumbered Germans chased the Americans all the way back to British lines.
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