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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Expugn \Ex*pugn"\ ([e^]ks*p[=u]n"), verb (used with an object) [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.
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