routed 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of rout
1
as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs

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2
as in chased
to drive or force out the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders

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routed

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verb (2)

past tense of route
as in steered
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front the guide routed us smoothly through the jungle

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Recent Examples of routed
Verb
Power is routed to the rear wheels through a new six-speed manual gearbox. — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026 According to Clarksons, 36 percent of container capacity routed via the canal or the Cape of Good Hope traversed the Suez in early October, up from 8 percent between 2024 and mid-2026. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 Many components recorded as coming from Poland and the Czech Republic, for example, very likely were manufactured in China and routed through those countries. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Hill raised concerns in a September memo about contracts with law firm Poyner Spruill that routed CMS money to Qonnect LLC, a company owned by former district consultant Raki McGregor. — Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026 To surmount the issue, Apple routed a flexible graphite pipe through the hinge itself to transfer heat between the two halves, thereby increasing the surface area available for heat dissipation. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 But a portion also can be automatically routed into an online savings account for you. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Above that threshold, the message would be routed automatically to billing or technical support. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 According to Anthropic, some labs routed their own customers’ prompts to Claude and then saved Claude’s responses to train their own models. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for routed
  1. whipped
  2. chased
  3. steered
  4. buried
  5. ejected
  6. guided
  7. bombed
  8. banished
Verb
  • Fire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.
    — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Fire crews scrambled late into the night as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • She has just been released from rehab after falling off the wagon and spends much of her day either sleeping or recovering from bad dreams of being chased by Nazis.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer's two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton's RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • The view from the CFO’s office The finance chief, Paul Jacobson, has steered the company into a position where Kelty has room to dig deep and experiment.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • On April 8, 2025, the Herald/Times Tallahassee bureau broke the story, reporting that the DeSantis administration had steered Medicaid settlement money toward the Hope Florida Foundation.
    — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of steered
Verb
  • First, Protas buried a cross-zone feed from Alex Ovechkin to give Washington the 2-1 lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The grave contained no grave goods — objects buried alongside the dead — but archaeologists were able to estimate its age based on the skeleton's crouched position and the grave's relationship to the nearby settlement and one of its houses.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of buried
Verb
  • Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle onto the road, according to the crash log.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Then, safety Zechariah Poyser was ejected for targeting on FSU quarterback Ashton Daniels.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • In Ukraine, a Russian drone guided by artificial intelligence killed three civilians at a gas station, including a 19-year-old university student.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Lucas put together a roster in one offseason using the transfer portal and guided it to a 26-9 record and the NCAA Tournament following a 13-5 mark in league play.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of guided
Verb
  • In an interview with Inside Edition on Tuesday, store owner Adam Rubin said that his store has been review-bombed since Clarkson took to social media and named the store, and employees and surrounding businesses have been harassed.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis bombed the corporate HQ of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, officials said.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of bombed
Verb
  • The Industry actress was banished from Season 2 of The Celebrity Traitors last week and has reflected on her experience on the Studio Lambert series in an Instagram post.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of banished

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“Routed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/routed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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