rabble-rout

  • 11rout — I. noun Etymology: Middle English route band, company of soldiers, crowd, from Anglo French rute band, from Vulgar Latin *rupta, from Latin, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break more at reave Date: 13th century 1. a crowd of… …

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  • 12rabble — Synonyms and related words: and bobtail, army, bourgeoisie, canaille, cluster, cohue, common ruck, commonalty, commoners, crowd, crush, deluge, dregs, dregs of society, flock, flood, galaxy, gang, heap, hoi polloi, horde, host, jam, legion, lower …

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  • 13rout — raÊŠt n. populace, rabble, mob; commotion, public disturbance; overwhelming defeat v. defeat overwhelmingly, conquer; force out, drive away …

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  • 14To put to rout — Rout Rout, n. [OF. route, LL. rupta, properly, a breaking, fr. L. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break. See {Rupture}, {reave}, and cf. {Rote} repetition of forms, {Route}. In some senses this word has been confused with rout a bellowing, an… …

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  • 15Revel-rout — Rev el rout , n. [See {Rout}.] 1. Tumultuous festivity; revelry. [Obs.] Rowe. [1913 Webster] 2. A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16swinish multitude — Rabble, great unwashed, mob, rabble rout, horde, scum of the people, dregs of society, canaille …

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  • 17Commonalty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Commonalty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 commonalty commonalty democracy Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity Sgm: N 1 low condition low condition low life low society low company Sgm: N 1 bourgeoisie bourgeoisie …

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  • 18flock — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, army, assemble, assembly, band, band together, bang, bangs, bevy, body, brethren, bunch, charm, chip, churchgoers, class, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, collect, collection, colony, come… …

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  • 19galaxy — Synonyms and related words: Milky Way, Via Lactea, army, barred spiral, barred spiral galaxy, big name, celebrity, cluster, cohue, constellation, cosmic noise, crowd, crush, cynosure, deluge, figure, flock, flood, folk hero, galactic circle,… …

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  • 20multitude — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, abundance, acres, army, bags, barrels, bevy, bunch, bushel, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, copiousness, countlessness, covey, crowd, crush, deluge, flight, flock, flocks, flood, galaxy, hail,… …

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