expugnation

English

Etymology

Latin expugnatio.

Noun

expugnation (plural expugnations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of taking by assault; conquest.
    • 1615, George Sandys, “(please specify the page)”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC:
      the expugnation of Vienna, he could never accomplish

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