reroute
verb
re·route
(ˌ)rē-ˈrüt 
-ˈrau̇t
rerouted; rerouting
1
transitive
: to send or direct (something) on or along a different route
rerouting flights/traffic
Bypassing roads, of course, was a prime consideration in rerouting the trail …—
Paul Dunphy
Paul Dunphyautomatically reroutes incoming calls
2
intransitive
: to switch to a different route
The storm forced planes/ships to reroute.
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Users who are able to use a virtual private network (VPN) to change their local IP address, however, may have a good chance of getting around the ban by rerouting their connection through another country.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
This is set to deliver a critical blow to Russia, which has been forced to reroute its crude and oil product supplies to Asia-Pacific, after these volumes were banned by European and G7 sanctions, which came in effect in December 2022 and February 2023, respectively.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
According to the water department, crews trying to reroute water at one point had to evacuate because of the fire’s intensity.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
In Taiwan, communications were quickly rerouted after the damage was detected, and there was no major outage.
—Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
This is set to deliver a critical blow to Russia, which has been forced to reroute its crude and oil product supplies to Asia-Pacific, after these volumes were banned by European and G7 sanctions, which came in effect in December 2022 and February 2023, respectively.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
According to the water department, crews trying to reroute water at one point had to evacuate because of the fire’s intensity.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
In Taiwan, communications were quickly rerouted after the damage was detected, and there was no major outage.
—Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Reroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reroute. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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