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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of outpower.

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Examples

  • The notion of Japan as a center of creativity and innovation — in hybrid-engine-powered cars or 3-D videogames — contrasts with its image 20 years ago as a copycat that mimicked design and technology pioneered elsewhere, and then outpowered the original makers with superior manufacturing.

    Rising China Bests a Shrinking Japan Chester Dawson 2011

  • We were outpowered in the scrum and from that base it's impossible to build up any momentum.

    Newcastle substitutions against Northampton investigated by RFU Ian Malin 2010

  • Lost, operating at a fraction of power, outgunned and outpowered, Nova fades to black …

    Nova #7 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • I was outnumbered, outpowered—and almost as eager to get out as they were to bring me in.

    Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009

  • I was outnumbered, outpowered—and almost as eager to get out as they were to bring me in.

    Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009

  • I have projected mine onto clouds with a friend using his and mine outpowered it easily.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Runco To Make You Broke. Ten Times Over. 2006

  • We had a lot of great chances and we outpowered and outgunned them.

    National Hockey League - Blues vs. Sharks 2000

  • Within seconds, she was at the throat of a clammy-skinned creature who outweighed her, outgunned her, and outpowered the punch she drew back to throw.

    The Search Diane Carey 2000

  • Within seconds, she was at the throat of a clammy-skinned creature who outweighed her, outgunned her, and outpowered the punch she drew back to throw.

    The Search Diane Carey 2000

  • Within seconds, she was at the throat of a clammy-skinned creature who outweighed her, outgunned her, and outpowered the punch she drew back to throw.

    The Search Diane Carey 2000

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