expugn

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verb

To take by storm; capture.

OriginMiddle English expugnen ← Old French expugner ← Latin expugnō →
First used 15th–17th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

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

present singular third person expugns · participle present expugning · participle past expugned · past expugned

  1. obsoleteTo take by storm; capture.First known use 15th–17th c.

Origin

  1. Latinexpugnō“to take by storm”
  2. Old Frenchexpugner
  3. Middle Englishexpugnen
  4. Englishexpugn

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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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