outmetal

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English

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Etymology

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From out- +‎ metal.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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outmetal (third-person singular simple present outmetals, present participle outmetalling, simple past and past participle outmetalled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass (an enemy etc.) in terms of firepower.
    • 1933, Edward John Thompson, Damascus Lies North, page 272:
      The enemy, outnumbered, outmetalled, outfed, outmanoeuvred, outfought, was being driven backward by foes invisible as well as visible.
    • 1998, John Keegan, The First World War, Vintage, published 2000, page 91:
      The French VIII Corps [] was overwhelmed; its artillery was outmetalled by the heavier German guns, under the fire of which the German infantry drove the French from one position after another.