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outarmed

outarmed is the simple past and past participle of outarm.

Meaning of outarm

Verb

outarm (third-person singular simple present outarms, present participle outarming, simple past and past participle outarmed)

  1. To possess or acquire more powerful weapons than one's opponent.

Adjective

outarmed (comparative more outarmed, superlative most outarmed)

  1. Having less powerful weapons that one's opponent.
    • Though outarmed, Maccabee's forces pushed the enemy soldiers out of Jerusalem, and retook the sacred temple.1988 June 24, Ben Joravsky, “Junior Jewish Olympics”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016

Forms of outarmed

comparativemore outarmed
superlativemost outarmed

Questions about outarmed

What does outarmed mean?
Outarmed means having less powerful weapons that one's opponent.
What is outarmed the simple past and past participle of?
Outarmed is the simple past and past participle of outarm.
What part of speech is outarmed?
Outarmed is an adjective.

Words near outarmed in the dictionary

  1. outargue
  2. outargued
  3. outargues
  4. outarguing
  5. outarm
  6. outarmed
  7. outarming
  8. outarms
  9. outas
  10. outasight
  11. outasite

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