annexation, n.
(annexations)
(annexations)
the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
<noun.act>
annexation
sample sentences
"the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896""a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
incorporation by joining or uniting
<noun.act>
annexation appropriation
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym