English dictionary

annexation

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

incorporation by joining or uniting

noun.act

Synonyms appropriation

Source: WordNet 3.0
the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation

noun.act

Examples
The French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896.

A protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation.

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the <i>annexation</i> of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

noun

Source: webster1913