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annex

verb
/ˈæn.ɛks/

Meaning

To take control of a territory and add it to one's own.

Example Sentences

The empire annexed the neighboring kingdom after the war.

Example Expressions

annex territory

Synonyms

seize, occupy, capture, appropriate, attach

Antonyms

surrender, relinquish

Collocations

annex territory, annex land, annex building

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