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Decisive defeat (4)

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'decisive defeat' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for rout that I've seen before include "Debacle" , "Drubbing" , "Utter defeat" , "Put to flight in disarray" , "Runaway defeat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the Penny Press, The Mirror, The Wall Street Journal, the USA Today, the King Feature Syndicate and the Newsday.
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