expugn

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French expugner, from Latin expugnō (“to take by storm”).

Verb

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

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