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expugnable

[ek-spyoo-nuh-buh l, -spuhg-nuh-]

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adjective

able to be overcome, conquered, defeated, etc.

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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Historical Examples of expugnable

Expugnable, eks-pug′na-bl, or eks-pū′-, adj. (rare) capable of being stormed.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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