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Expugn
(gcide) | Expugn \Ex*pugn"\ ([e^]ks*p[=u]n"), 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.
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expugnable
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inexpugnable
(encz) | inexpugnable,nedobytný adj: Zdeněk Brožinexpugnable,nepřemožitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Expugnable
(gcide) | Expugnable \Ex*pug"nable\ ([e^]ks*p[u^]g"n[.a]*b'l), a. [L.
expugnabilis.]
Capable of being expugned.
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Expugnation
(gcide) | Expugnation \Ex`pug*na"tion\, n. [L. expugnatio.]
The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] --Sandys.
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Expugner
(gcide) | Expugner \Ex*pugn"er\, n.
One who expugns.
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Inexpugnable
(gcide) | Inexpugnable \In`ex*pug"na*ble\, a. [L. inexpugnabilis: cf. F.
inexpugnable. See In- not, and Expugnable.]
Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable;
unconquerable. --Burke.
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A fortress, inexpugnable by the arts of war. --Milman.
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Inexpugnably
(gcide) | Inexpugnably \In`ex*pug"na*bly\, adv.
So as to be inexpugnable; in an inexpugnable manner. --Dr. H.
More.
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Unexpugnable
(gcide) | Unexpugnable \Unexpugnable\
See expugnable. |
inexpugnable
(wn) | inexpugnable
adj 1: incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted; "an
impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence"
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