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outrange

American  
[aut-raynj] / ˌaʊtˈreɪndʒ /

verb (used with object)

outranged, outranging
  1. to have a longer or greater range than.

  2. to sail out of the range of (a gun or guns).


Etymology

Origin of outrange

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + range


Example Sentences

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Rogel Aguilera-Mederos's 110-year sentence has sparked public outrange and 4 million people have signed a petition to asking authorities to grant him clemency or commute his sentence, according to 9News.

From Fox News ● Dec. 24, 2021

China’s air-to-air missiles outrange those of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2016

Of course, this move was immediately met with outrange by fans who are now yelling to the rafters, “NBC is intentionally killing our show!”

From Forbes ● Jan. 16, 2015

German artillery uses 88-mm. and 105-mm. rifles, which outrange U.S. 105-mm. and 155-mm. howitzers.

From Time Magazine Archive

An archer so armed can outrange any wooden bow.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

A concertgoer carrying a pistol would have been vastly outranged by Paddock; pistols can barely reach targets 50 meters away.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2017

Fleet, the Atlantic Squadron included: > The battleships Arkansas, Texas and New York, oldest in the Navy, whose 12-and 14-inch guns are outranged by the 8-inchers of modern cruisers.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Third—That the other eight American battleships—the Arizona, Pennsylvania; Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, Texas, Florida and Utah—are outranged by British ships by several thousand yards."

From Time Magazine Archive

The British escort, outgunned and outranged, promptly opened fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not only were there guns on both sides, but these Krupps and Creusot cannon far outranged anything that our artillery could bring to bear on them.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke

Milley said that the Russians have “demonstrated that they are outgunning and outranging Ukrainian artillery” so far in fighting in the eastern Donbas region, which has become the primary emphasis in Russian operations.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2022

He protested vigorously that his device was permissible, and he asked, in effect, how its use differed from the employment of outranging naval guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Black Fleet proceeded to fire on the forts and locks, outranging the land guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

And ever since, The Southern Review has been steadily outranging its merely regional beginning.

From Time Magazine Archive

The enemy was all this time steadily outranging our artillery with its big eleven-inch guns, popularly known as "Black Marias."

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton

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