D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Expugn

/(ĕks*pūn")/ · Ex·pugn · IPA
01 v. t. To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
  1. 1.
    To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.