Usually means: Overpowered by superior firepower, weaponry.
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  1. outgunned: Merriam-Webster
  2. outgunned: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. outgunned: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Outgunned, outgunned: Wordnik
  5. outgunned: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. outgunned: Wiktionary
  7. outgunned: Dictionary.com
  8. outgunned: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. outgunned: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (outgunned)

▸ adjective:  Having insufficient weapons.

Similar:
outarmed, underequipped, ill-equipped, undersailed, weaponless, undermanned, underpowered, gunless, outskilled, unarmed, more...

Opposite:
outgun, overpower, overwhelm

Types:
outnumbered, overwhelmed, overpowered, outmaneuvered, more...

Phrases:
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, more...



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Similar:
outarmed, underequipped, ill-equipped, undersailed, weaponless, undermanned, underpowered, gunless, outskilled, unarmed, more...

Opposite:
outgun, overpower, overwhelm

Types:
outnumbered, overwhelmed, overpowered, outmaneuvered, more...

Phrases:
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, more...



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