EXPUGN

expugn (third-person singular simple present expugns, present participle expugning, simple past and past participle expugned)

(obsolete) To take by storm; capture. [15th-17th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*pugn", v. t. Etym: [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.]

Definition: To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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