expugnable

English

Etymology

Latin expugnabilis.

Adjective

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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