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expugn
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expugn, 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]
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