expugn

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expugn - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Expugn \Ex*pugn"\ ([e^]ks*p[=u]n"), v. t. [L. expugnare; ex out
     + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.]
     To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as,
     to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
     [1913 Webster]