a disorderly crowd of people

[ Syn: mob , rabble ]

an overwhelming defeat

cause to flee; rout out the fighters from their caves

[ Syn: rout out , expel ]

dig with the snout; the pig was rooting for truffles

[ Syn: root , rootle ]

make a groove in

[ Syn: gouge ]

defeat disastrously

[ Syn: spread-eagle , spreadeagle ]