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(ĕks-pūn′)

Verb.

[L.

expugnare

;

out +

pugnare

to fight,

pugna

fight. Cf.

To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish;

as, to

expugn

cities; to

expugn

a person by arguments.

Verb.

expu'ne. [L. expugno; ex and pugno, to fight.]

To conquer; to take by assault.

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