annexation
Americannoun
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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.
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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.
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something annexed.
Victory in battle resulted in territorial annexations that remained difficult to govern.
noun
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the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed
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something annexed
Other Word Forms
- annexational adjective
- annexationism noun
- annexationist noun
- antiannexation adjective
- deannexation noun
- nonannexation noun
- proannexation adjective
- reannexation noun
Etymology
Origin of annexation
First recorded in 1605–15; from Medieval Latin annexātiōn-, stem of annexātiō, equivalent to annexāt(us) “joined to” (past participle of annexāre “to join to”; annex, -ate 1 ) + -iō -ion
Example Sentences
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Latvia and Sweden also recently restarted military service and Lithuania brought it back after Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
From BBC
They fled Austria after the Nazi annexation in 1938, entrusting the painting to a woman, who later moved to Hungary.
From Barron's
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.
From Los Angeles Times
The annexation bill still needs to pass three more votes before becoming law.
An overwhelming majority of Greenlanders oppose the idea of annexation by the U.S., according to a January poll.
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