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degun

degun verb: to remove the gun(s) from (e.g. a ship or armoured vehicle).

Verb

degun (third-person singular simple present deguns, present participle degunning, simple past and past participle degunned)

  1. To remove the gun(s) from (e.g. a ship or armoured vehicle).
    • The Ohio was degunned and refitted for her new role at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va.1963, Linwood S. Howeth, History of Communications Electronics in the United States Navy, page 333 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/History_of_Communications_Electronics_in/sfI4i4znFmgC?hl=en&gb...
  2. (especially) To destroy or disable the gun(s) of.

Forms of degun

third-person singular presentdeguns
present participledegunning
past participledegunned
pastdegunned

Questions about degun

What does degun mean?
Degun means to remove the gun(s) from (e.g. a ship or armoured vehicle).
What part of speech is degun?
Degun is a verb.
What is the past tense of degun?
The past tense of degun is degunned.

Words near degun in the dictionary

  1. degummed
  2. degummer
  3. degummers
  4. degumming
  5. degums
  6. degun
  7. degung
  8. degunk
  9. degunked
  10. degunker
  11. degunkers

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