Meaning & use
Rerouting
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Directing something, such as traffic, a flight, or data, along a different path than originally planned.
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Construction crews are rerouting traffic around the closed intersection.
The airline began rerouting flights to avoid the storm system.
A note on using this word
Formed from 're-' plus 'route,' and now common in both physical navigation and digital networking contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
redirectingdiverting
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