Synonyms: rout
Definition: an overwhelming defeat
Similar words: licking, defeat
Definition: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
Usage: it was a narrow defeat; the army's only defeat; they suffered a convincing licking
Definition: a disorderly crowd of people
Similar words: crowd
Definition: a large number of things or people considered together
Usage: a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
Synonyms: rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle
Definition: defeat disastrously
Similar words: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Synonyms: rout, rout out, expel
Definition: cause to flee
Usage: rout out the fighters from their caves
Similar words: overcome, defeat, get the better of
Definition: win a victory over
Usage: You must overcome all difficulties; defeat your enemies; He overcame his shyness; He overcame his infirmity; Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
Definition: make a groove in
Similar words: core out, hollow, hollow out
Definition: remove the interior of
Usage: hollow out a tree trunk
Definition: dig with the snout
Usage: the pig was rooting for truffles
Similar words: delve, dig, cut into, turn over
Definition: turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Usage: Dig we must; turn over the soil for aeration