annexation

[ US /ˌænɛkˈseɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌænɪksˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
    the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896
    a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation
  2. incorporation by joining or uniting
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How To Use annexation In A Sentence

  • Some city residents who oppose annexation are concentrating on trying to accomplish positive alternatives.
  • However, not only have there been multiple forcible annexations since the Charter's adoption, but many of them have been accepted as legitimate by the international community.
  • She says she might oppose the final annexation plan if given enough reason.
  • The annexation of 1877, so bitterly condemned by him, followed by the treaty of peace of 1881, with its famous "suzerainty" clause, was, I think, but a stepping stone to the war which was said to have embittered the last years of the life of Queen Victoria. An Autobiography
  • In the immediate aftermath of annexation or conquest Euric's rule was far from pleasant.
  • As a new phenomenon in China , cityannexationresultsin problems of urban form, whichconsiderablylimitsthe urbandevelopmentsof annexation - typed cities.
  • I happen to think that annexation is the real policy of the present Israeli administration only that they hope to achieve that result by stealth rather than by an outright declaration. The Volokh Conspiracy » Telling Interview with the Director of Amnesty Israel
  • By the annexation obligations entailed by the annexation, and if in my opinion, and in the opinion of many on this side of the House, wrong was done by the annexation itself, _that would not warrant us in doing fresh, distinct, and separate wrong by a disregard of the obligation which that annexation entailed_. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs
  • In Wales the threat of English invasion and annexation did not impose unity.
  • The loans also serve China's drive to "internalize" its annexation of Taiwan -- present the Taiwan issue as an "internal" issue of China, whereas the democracy and independence side here wants to "internationalize" the issue. Archive 2008-12-01
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