English Explanatory Dictionary

expugn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To take by storm; capture.

Word forms

expugn expugns expugning expugned

Etymology

From Middle English expugnen, from Old French expugner, from Latin expugnō (“to take by storm”), from ex- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”).

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