annexed

[an-ekst, uh-nekst]

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

• unannexed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of annexed¹

annex ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

When World War II ended, parts of eastern Poland were annexed by the Soviet Union.

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The Nazis, who annexed Austria in 1938, looted the Lederer art collection but left family portraits behind, says the National Gallery of Canada.

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Moscow has never relented in its ambition to capture the entirety of the area, which Russia's President Vladimir Putin declared annexed in 2022 despite not being in full control of it.

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In ensuing centuries, the U.S. invaded Mexico and annexed half its territory, dispatched Marines to Nicaragua and Haiti and abetted coups from Chile to Brazil to Guatemala.

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The question of whether Ukraine should fight against or negotiate with an aggressor has been there since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

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