route
noun
a course, way, or road for passage or travel.
had routed
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past perfectof route.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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
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
New York had routed Orlando 121-96 on Friday in Florida.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
Bright with banners, obsidian blades gleaming in the sun, the army advanced on the long-term enemy it had routed so many times before—and was utterly defeated.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
