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I think vR^itraghna, vR^itrahan and vR^itrahA, all these appear in the rgveda.  You can search for these words in the online versions of rgveda from the "sanskrit document list" website.

You are right about the word "shatrughna".  Another commonly used word is "kR^itaghna".
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vRtra-há mfn. slaying enemies, victorious RV.

vRtra-hán mf(vrtrá-ghnii)n. killing enemies or VRitra, victorious RV. etc. (mostly applied to Indra, but also to Agni and even to Sarasvatî);
vrtrahán-tama mfn. most victorious, bestowing abundant victory RV. AV. ShâNkhShr.

Epic form: vrtrá-ghnii, f. N. of a river MârkP.;

Avesta has m. verethraghna > M.Persian Varahran (Sasanian) > Bahram

Compare:
shatru-hán mfn. = shatru-há RV. BhP.; m. N. of a son of Shva-phalka (cf. shatru-ghna) Hariv.; (ghnii) f. N. of work.
shátru-ghna mfn. foe-killing, destroying enemies PaJcar.; m. N. of one of Râma-candra's brothers R. Ragh. &c. ; of a son of Shva-phalka Hariv.; of a son of Deva-shravas ib.;