"up-gun" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From up- + gun.",
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      "form": "up-guns",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Hitherto, up-gunning British tanks had been prevented because of a basic design parameter.",
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        "To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns."
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        "(transitive) To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns."
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          "word": "upgun"
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  "word": "up-gun"
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  "etymology_text": "From up- + gun.",
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      "form": "up-gunning",
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    },
    {
      "form": "up-gunned",
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    },
    {
      "form": "up-gunned",
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        "To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns."
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        "(transitive) To equip with additional guns or more powerful guns."
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    {
      "word": "upgun"
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  "word": "up-gun"
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