Faire se débander (l'armée ennemie) ; par extension vaincre, infliger une sévère défaite.
(Homonym: route).
1. To cause to flee; SYN. rout out, expel.
2. To dig with the snout; SYN. root, rootle.
3. To make a groove in; SYN. gouge, groove.
4. To disorganize completely; demoralize; to put to precipitate flight; to defeat decisively or disastrously.
5. To drive out; dispel.