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expugnable

expugnable adjective: able to be overcome, conquered or taken by storm.

Adjective

expugnable (comparative more expugnable, superlative most expugnable)

  1. (obsolete) Able to be overcome, conquered or taken by storm.
  2. (figuratively) Able to be possessed or overcome.
    • Harriet, flattered, wondered if, among the young, expugnable officers who took her out, Edwina could ever find one she would wish to marry.1977, Olivia Manning, The Danger Tree (The Levant Trilogy; 1), London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Forms of expugnable

comparativemore expugnable
superlativemost expugnable

Origin of expugnable

Latin expugnabilis.

Words formed from expugnable

Questions about expugnable

What does expugnable mean?
Expugnable means able to be overcome, conquered or taken by storm.
What part of speech is expugnable?
Expugnable is an adjective.

Words near expugnable in the dictionary

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

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