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Word: outgun (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Police have attempted to bring the gangs under control, using almostrepressive measures including mass arrests to scare the youngsters. But the gang members outnumber and outgun law enforcement officers. Last march, a rookie New York cop was assassinated by a cocaine kingpin's hitman...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Ending the Drug Prohibition | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

...nearly 40 years, standard military wisdom in the West has held that Warsaw Pact armies so outnumber and outgun NATO that only nuclear arms could redress the balance. This conventional forces "gap" has legitimized NATO's reliance on nuclear weapons, which in turn has allowed the alliance to hold down its spending on nonnuclear forces. Now, however, with NATO's nuclear inventory likely to shrink, fears are surfacing that decades of nuclear dependence may have left the alliance with insufficient conventional clout to keep the peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Battle of the Bean Counters | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...want, perhaps even need real men (women need not apply) who can stand up to the ruthless terror tactics of Islamic fanatics, outwit and ultimately outgun the miscreants who choose to try to besmirch this nation's honor...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: No Heroics | 7/9/1985 | See Source »

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