Up-gun

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns. transitive

    "Hitherto, up-gunning British tanks had been prevented because of a basic design parameter."

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"Hitherto, up-gunning British tanks had been prevented because of a basic design parameter."

Etymology

From up- + gun.

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