† expugnancen.
Obsolete. rare.
Storming (of a city), conquest.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > taking by storm
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expugning1586
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carriage1603
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades iv. 67 Grant to me Th'expugnance of wel-builded Troy.
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