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Sound defeat (4)

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I believe the answer is:

rout

'sound defeat' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for rout that I've seen before include "clobber" , "Defeat utterly" , "Big defeat" , "Crushing defeat" , "Completely defeat" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and The New York Times.
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