noun
annexation
noun
1
The act of taking control of territory and formally incorporating it into another country or state.
"The annexation sparked international condemnation."
"Historians still debate the legality of the annexation."
How to Use Annexation
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe formal act of one country absorbing another's territory.
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Word Forms
annexations plural
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin annexatio, "the act of annexing," from the past participle of Latin annectere.