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Showing 16 of 25 words.
10 translations across 5 languages.
37 total sentences available.
He stops, and from Achates hastes to seize / his chance-brought arms, the arrows and the bow, / the branching antlers smites, and lays the leader low. / Next fall the herd; and through the leafy glade / in mingled rout he drives the scattered train, / plying his shafts.
Source: tatoeba (6784975)
"Thus while they waver and, perplex with doubt, / urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, / lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, / breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out: / 'Ah! wretched townsmen! do ye think the foe / gone, or that guileless are their gifts? O blind / with madness! Thus Ulysses do ye know?'"
Source: tatoeba (6804543)
On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced its worst rout since 1987’s "Black Monday."
Source: tatoeba (8618398)
The enemy's rout gave us a decisive victory.
Source: tatoeba (12659724)
Showing 4 of 37 available sentences.
Closest matches include a mass of, a world of, agitation, and bobtail, annihilate.
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