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to put to flight ; to scatter ; to cause a huge defeat 패주시키다 ; 적을 쫓아버리다 ; 크게 패하게 만들다

• Brighton High School's debate team routed the team from Pittsford, leaving the Pittsford captain sobbing among his notecards.
• Routing the forces of pestilence and famine turned out to be a bigger job than Mark had anticipated, so he said the hell with it and went to law school.
  막강한 흑사병과 기아를 물리치는 일은 마크가 일찍이 예상했던 것보다 더 큰 문제였다. 그래서 그는 지긋지긋하다는 말을 남기고 법률학교로 갔다.
• 이 단어는 명사로도 쓴다.
• Last week's football game was a rout, not a contest ; our team lost by a margin of more than fifty points.