† expugnationn.
Obsolete.
1.
a. The action of taking by storm; conquest.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > taking by storm
expugnation1524
expugning1586
expugnance1598
carriage1603
1524 More in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 88 I. 255 At Pavia by th' expugnation wherof he thought to put all the remanant in fere and drede.
1555 R. Eden tr. Coppie of Bull in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 171v The expugnation and recouerie of the kyngedome of Granata.
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) v. 270 The Regent intreateth..help for the expugnation of the Castle.
1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 176 The Phocensis..a little before their Expugnation by Cyrus.
b. Storming, assault.
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society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > storming
assault1297
fraista1400
expugnationc1540
storm1645
storming1661
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vii. iii. f. 83/1 Fergus..went with hym to the expugnation of sindry othir townis in Italie.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iv. 214 To preuent that succour by thexpugnation of Bybienna.
1618 T. Gainsford True Hist. P. Warbeck 86 The worthy Generall..cast vp a strong..battery, for the expugnation.
2. Subduing or expelling by force of arms.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > conquering or defeating
vanquishinga1325
conquestc1325
wainc1330
conqueringa1340
overcoming1340
conquest1384
expugnation1429
reduction1429
profligationc1475
debellation1526
defeating1536
conquessingc1550
conquesting1555
vanquishment1593
conquerment1597
eviction1602
reducement1609
debellatinga1626
debelling1651
triumphingc1850
lathering1865
1429 in Rymer Fædera (1710) X. 424 The Reduction and Expugnation of th' Eretikes.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. i. 5 The life of a spirituall man ought to bee imployed in the expugnation of these molestfull Jebusites.
1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 76 He fought a good fight..in expugnation of Heresies.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Qqq Medicaments, for the expugnation of all diseases.
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