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expugn

expugn verb: to take by storm; capture.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To take by storm; capture.

Forms of expugn

third-person singular presentexpugns
present participleexpugning
past participleexpugned
pastexpugned

Origin of expugn

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

Questions about expugn

What does expugn mean?
Expugn means to take by storm; capture.
What part of speech is expugn?
Expugn is a verb.
What is the past tense of expugn?
The past tense of expugn is expugned.

Words near expugn in the dictionary

  1. exproprioceptive
  2. EXPSPACE
  3. expt
  4. EXPTIME
  5. exptl
  6. expugn
  7. expugnable
  8. expugnation
  9. expugnations
  10. expugned
  11. expugner

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