Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Conquest; the act of overcoming or taking by assault.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of taking by assault; conquest.
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- noun The act of taking by
assault ;conquest .
Etymologies
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Latin expugnatio.
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Catholic faith, you have hitherto been much occupied in the expugnation and recovery of the kingdom of Granada, by reason whereof you could not bring your said laudable purpose to the end desired.
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885
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