Definition of outrange in English:
outrange
verb aʊtˈreɪn(d)ʒˌaʊtˈreɪndʒ
[with object](of a gun or similar weapon) have a greater range than.
Example sentencesExamples
- By the outbreak of World War I, moreover, battleship ordnance could once more outrange most of the guns of the shore defenses, with the plunging trajectory of naval shells making open-topped defensive works untenable.
- Nobody really knows who first mooted the idea of making a gun in Kimberley which could outrange the Boer artillery.
- Besides, by then the bombers so far outranged the jets that desperate expedients such as towing the jets or carrying them in B - 36 bomb bays proved fruitless.