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Meaning of "expugnation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPUGNATION

expugnation  [ˌɪkspʌɡˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPUGNATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expugnation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXPUGNATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of expugnation in the English dictionary

The definition of expugnation in the dictionary is the act of storming or taking by force.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPUGNATION


combination
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən
contamination
kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən
coordination
kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən
designation
ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
destination
ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən
determination
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
discrimination
dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən
domination
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən
donation
dəʊˈneɪʃən
elimination
ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən
examination
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən
explanation
ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən
illumination
ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən
imagination
ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən
nation
ˈneɪʃən
nomination
ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən
origination
ɒˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən
resignation
ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
termination
ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
vaccination
ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPUGNATION

expropriation
expropriator
exptl
expugn
expugnable
expulse
expulsion
expulsion order
expulsive
expunct
expunction
expunge
expunger
expurgate
expurgated
expurgation
expurgator
expurgatorial
expurgatory
expurge

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPUGNATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation

Synonyms and antonyms of expugnation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expugnation» into 25 languages

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The translations of expugnation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expugnation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

expugnation
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expugnation
570 millions of speakers

English

expugnation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

expugnation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

expugnation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

expugnation
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expugnation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

expugnation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expugnation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Expadnation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

expugnation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

expugnation
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

expugnation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Expugnation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

expugnation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

expugnation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उधळपट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

expugnation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

expugnation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

expugnation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

expugnation
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expugnation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

expugnation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

expugnation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expugnation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expugnation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expugnation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPUGNATION»

The term «expugnation» is barely ever used and occupies the 193.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPUGNATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «expugnation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «expugnation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expugnation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPUGNATION»

Discover the use of expugnation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expugnation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Giraldi Cambrensis Opera
Giraldus (Cambrensis) John Sherren Brewer, James Francis Dimock, Sir George Frederic Warner. Expugnation. There is evidence also that in 1189 and 1190 he was a busy follower of the court, and much employed in other than literary work.
Giraldus (Cambrensis), John Sherren Brewer, James Francis Dimock, 1868
2
Giraldi Cambrensis Opera: De rebus a se gestis, libri III. ...
Giraldus (Cambrensis) James Francis Dimock, John Sherren Brewer, Sir George Frederic Warner. Expugnation. There is evidence also that in 1189 and 1190 he was a busy follower of the court, and much employed in other than literary work.
Giraldus (Cambrensis), James Francis Dimock, John Sherren Brewer, 1868
3
Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores: Or Chronicles and ...
Or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages . No. 01- Scottish Record Office. Expugnation. There is evidence also that in 1189 and 1190 he was a busy follower of the court, and much employed in other ...
Scottish Record Office, 1868
4
A French and English dictionary
Expugnable: com. Expurnable, pregnable, which may be forced, or won by force. Expugnateur: m. An expugner, forcer, jub- dm, overthrown of towns, &c. Expugnation : f. An expugnation, forcing, subduing, overthrowing of towns by violence.
Randle Cotgrave, 1673
5
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
Conquest ; the act of taking by assault. Since the expugnation of the Rhodian isle , Methinks, a thousand years are overpass'd. Trag. of Soliman and Perseda, ( 1599.) The expugnation of Vienna he could never accomplish. Sandys. Expu' gner.
Samuel Johnson, 1827
6
A History of the Life of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, King of England
But the military obligation implied by the last clause, is clearly shewn to have been merely the expugnation of foreign invasion, and not service due to a particular chief as a return for lands held of him, which was the characteristic of feudal ...
George Payne Rainsford James, 1841
7
Numismata: A discourse of Medals: Together with some Account ...
... Loins le Grand's ascribing to himself the Expugnation of Ducentns Ci-vitates, Two Hundred Cities only, whilst we read in an lrrlcription ( erected by Cardinal Ricblien) under his Father's Statue, the taking of no fewer than Three Hundred Ca.
John Evelyn, 1697
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The Works. - London, Clavel 1695
... who designs the Belieging of a Town, judges of the easiness or difficulty of the Expugnation, from the Necessity which lies upon the Citizens to defend themselves. l If the NCCt'ffil'y of their defence be great, his Enterprize is the more difficult, ...
Niccolo Machiavelli, 1695
9
The moon, theory and tables
22. The nativity of Czesarion (Rosellini's Monum. del Egitto, vol. iv., Pl. cccxlix.) puts Cazsarion's birth in -45: consequently, Ca:sar's expugnation of Alexandria in the last month of -46, and not in -47. All these astronomical monuments concur in  ...
10
Spanish and English
Expugnation. Expngnador, s. m. He who lakes by assault. Expugmir, v. a. To conquer, to reduce a place by force of arms. Expulsér, v. a. To expel, to reject. Expulsion, s.f. Expulsion, the act of expelling or driving out. Expulsivo, va. n. Expttlsivb.
Henry Neuman, 1809

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