The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expugnation
Expugnation \Ex`pug*na"tion\, n. [L. expugnatio.]
The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.]
--Sandys.
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expugnation
n. The act of taking by assault; conquest.
Usage examples of "expugnation".
And his jealousy of the Ursini was much increased when, after the expugnation of Faenza, assaulting Bologna, he found them very cold and backward in the attack.