degun

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verb

To remove the gun(s) from (e.g. a ship or armoured vehicle).

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Meanings

verbdegun (third-person singular simple present deguns, present participle degunning, simple past and past participle degunned)

present singular third person deguns · participle present degunning · participle past degunned · past degunned

  1. To remove the gun(s) from (e.g. a ship or armoured vehicle).

    The Ohio was degunned and refitted for her new role at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va.

    1963, Linwood S. Howeth, History of Communications Electronics in the United States Navy, page 333
  2. especiallygamesTo destroy or disable the gun(s) of.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

degun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degun

MLA

“degun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degun. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “degun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degun.

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