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  • past tense form of annex.
  • past participle of annex.
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annexed

American  
[an-ekst, uh-nekst] / ˈæn ɛkst, əˈnɛkst /

adjective

  1. attached or added, especially to something larger or more important.

    The final report, together with annexed comments made by the inspected party, shall be submitted within 30 days after the inspection.

  2. (of territory) incorporated into the domain of a larger entity, often as an act of aggression.

    The bill will clarify the authority of cities and villages over annexed county roads.

    In October 1939 Hitler gave his newly appointed Reich Commissioner full control over the annexed section of Poland.


verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of annex.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of annexed

annex ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

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Tibet, which Beijing annexed in the 1950s, had long resisted rule by the Chinese Communist Party.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The region concerned used to be part of the former Malay-Muslim Patani sultanate but was annexed in the early 1900s by Buddhist-majority Thailand -- then Siam -- following an agreement with colonial power Britain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The eighth project was annexed into the City of Granbury, which had not received any development plans, according to a spokesperson.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

In March 1938, when Kurt was a 1-year-old, Nazi Germany annexed Austria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Other treaty violations followed as the Nazi government annexed Austria, then the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, where many ethnic Germans lived, and finally the rest of Czechoslovakia.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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