Word: outranking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...German word ersatz (substitute) has taken on a powerful significance in late years. German research and diligence has found a way to make nitrogen artificially (giving unlimited source for explosives); has made synthetic petroleum; has evolved the small but potent Ersatz Preussen, a warship designed to outrank anything of similar tonnage and armament in other navies...