rout
     n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: {mob}, {rabble}]
     2: an overwhelming defeat
     v 1: cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"
          [syn: {rout out}, {expel}]
     2: dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" [syn:
         {root}, {rootle}]
     3: make a groove in [syn: {gouge}]
     4: defeat disastrously [syn: {spread-eagle}, {spreadeagle}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0