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expugnation

expugnation noun: the act of taking by assault; conquest.

Noun

expugnation (plural expugnations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of taking by assault; conquest.
    • the expugnation of Vienna, he could never accomplish1615, George Sandys, “(please specify the page)”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC

Forms of expugnation

pluralexpugnations

Origin of expugnation

Latin expugnatio.

Questions about expugnation

What does expugnation mean?
Expugnation means the act of taking by assault; conquest.
What part of speech is expugnation?
Expugnation is a noun.
What is the plural of expugnation?
The plural of expugnation is expugnations.

Words near expugnation in the dictionary

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

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