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expugnable

[ ek-spyoo-nuh-buhl, -spuhg-nuh- ]
/ ɛkˈspyu nə bəl, -ˈspʌg nə- /
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adjective
able to be overcome, conquered, defeated, etc.
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Origin of expugnable

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

Words nearby expugnable

expressway, expropriate, expropriation, expt., exptl., expugnable, expulse, expulsion, expulsive, expulsive pain, expunction
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