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单词 expugnable
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expugnableadj.

Etymology: < Old French expugnable, < Latin expugnābilis , < expugnāre : see expugn v.
Obsolete.
That may be taken by force, conquered, or overcome.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective] > able to be
vincible1548
vanquishable1555
expugnable1570
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective] > not
pregnable1387
unfortified1525
expugnable1570
unimmured1615
stormable1645
fenceless1740
vulnerable1790
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiv/2 Expugnable, expugnabilis.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. G1, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) An expugnable wickednes.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1213 Syracon tooke an expugnable Fort.
1765 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 12/2 A place which no art was requisite to defend, though a great deal to take in if at all expugnable.
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