rout

nouns

a disorderly crowd of people
mob, rabble, rout
an overwhelming defeat
rout
is a type of (narrower)
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
"it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
defeat, licking

verbs

cause to flee
"rout out the fighters from their caves"
expel, rout, rout out
dig with the snout
"the pig was rooting for truffles"
root, rootle, rout
make a groove in
gouge, rout
defeat disastrously
rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle