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expugn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pugn
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take by storm; capture.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English expugnen, from Old French expugner, from Latin expugnō (“to take by storm”), from ex- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”).

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Inflected Forms

expugns (present, singular) expugning (participle, present) expugned (participle, past) expugned (past)

Questions

What does expugn mean?
To take by storm; capture.
Where does expugn come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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