Ex*pugn" (ks*pn"), v. t. [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.] To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
Ex*pug"nable (ks*pg"n*b'l), a. [L. expugnabilis.] Capable of being expugned.
Ex`pug*na"tion (?), n. [L. expugnatio.] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys.
Ex*pugn"er (?), n. One who expugns.
Ex*pulse" (?), v. t. [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.] To drive out; to expel. [Obs.]
If charity be thus excluded and expulsed.
Milton.
Ex*puls"er (?), n. An expeller. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Ex*pul"sion (?), n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
The expulsion of the Tarquins.
Shak.