expugnable

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Etymology[edit]

Latin expugnabilis.

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expugnable (comparative more expugnable, superlative most expugnable)

  1. (obsolete) That which may be overcome, conquered or taken by storm.
  2. (figurative) That which may be possessed or overcome.
    • 1977, Olivia Manning, The Danger Tree (The Levant Trilogy; 1), London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson:
      Harriet, flattered, wondered if, among the young, expugnable officers who took her out, Edwina could ever find one she would wish to marry.

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