had routed
- past perfect of route.
Example Sentences
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His Fifth is a war symphony, written at a time of great nationalism, and it premiered in Moscow in January 1945 just after Russia had routed the Nazi invaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
The Bucks had routed New York twice while rolling through their December schedule, but they haven’t solved Brunson all season, and the point guard got plenty of help from his teammates this time.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Europol said the company had routed encrypted communications through servers in France.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2023
As a young soldier, he fostered rumours that he had routed 100 attackers at once.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022
He had routed a force fifty times larger than his own, won the greatest ransom ever seen, and vanquished a cultural tradition that had lasted five millennia—all without suffering a single casualty.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
