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(bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces

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MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces

    • The army was routed.

  2. verb

    (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement)

    • The enemy troops were in complete disarray and unable to form a coherent force.

  3. verb

    (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate

    • The wound has ulcerated.

  4. verb

    (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike

    • The floodwaters breached the embankment.

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