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annexation
[an-ik-sey-shuhn, -ek-]
noun
the act or an instance of annexing, or adding to something larger, especially the incorporation of new territory into the domain of a city, country, or state.
the fact of being annexed.
Annexation of the two parts of the Bronx in 1874 and 1895 gave New York City the last of its five boroughs.
something annexed.
Victory in battle resulted in territorial annexations that remained difficult to govern.
annexation
/ -ɛk-, ˌænɪkˈseɪʃən /
noun
the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed
something annexed
Other Word Forms
- annexational adjective
- antiannexation adjective
- deannexation noun
- nonannexation noun
- proannexation adjective
- reannexation noun
- annexationist noun
- annexationism noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of annexation1
Example Sentences
It is part of a dramatic transformation of Russia’s education system that gained pace after the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 but was supercharged by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
They fled Austria after the Nazi annexation in 1938, entrusting the painting to a woman, who later moved to Hungary.
The obvious historical precedent is Russia's expulsion from what was then the G8 - a grouping of the world's most advanced economies - after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
They are demanding a vote on at least partial annexation of the occupied West Bank in return for what they see as the relinquishing of Gaza.
He also examined the history of those peculiar twists and turns on the city perimeter, mucking through L.A.’s long-simmering stew of real estate grabs, water politics and annexation schemes.
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