Definition of "outgun" []

• To surpass in military force. (verb-transitive)
• To overwhelm or defeat. (verb-transitive)

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• "O'Malley said he did not start to feel better about the race until after his campaign had begun to "outgun" Ehrlich in the TV ad war and the two rivals finished their last debate last month."
• "Is it just us, or did George Lopez totally outgun Conan O'Brien, guest-list-wise, for Conan's first week taking Lopez's timeslot on TBS?"
• "Mr. Calderón also made an impassioned plea to the U.S. to cut down its drug consumption as well as sales of high-powered weapons that end up in Mexico and allow criminals here to outgun authorities."