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Outrange

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To exceed (another) in range: a ballistic missile that outranged all others in its class.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To have a longer range than (another projectile or weapon).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. to have a greater range than; -- of guns or missiles.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Nautical, to outsail; sail ahead of; range by or past.

To have a longer range than: said of guns.

To pass or range beyond the borders of, literally or figuratively.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. have a greater range than (another gun)

Word Usage

"TOOBIN: But that doesn't capture the real outrange, which is that these bankers, these insurance executives, who made such catastrophic decisions, are getting the taxpayers 'money in bonuses."

Verb Form

outranged outranges outranging

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

surpass outmatch outstrip outgo outdo