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expugnable

American  
[ek-spyoo-nuh-buhl, -spuhg-nuh-] / ɛkˈspyu nə bəl, -ˈspʌg nə- /

adjective

  1. able to be overcome, conquered, defeated, etc.

Etymology

Origin of expugnable

1560–70; < Latin expugnābilis, equivalent to expugnā ( re ) to take by storm ( ex- ex- 1 + pugnāre to fight) + -bilis -ble

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