annexed

[ an-ekst, uh-nekst ]

adjective

1. attached or added, especially to something larger or more important:

   The final report, together with annexed comments made by the inspected party, shall be submitted within 30 days after the inspection.

2. (of territory) incorporated into the domain of a larger entity, often as an act of aggression:

   The bill will clarify the authority of cities and villages over annexed county roads.

   In October 1939 Hitler gave his newly appointed Reich Commissioner full control over the annexed section of Poland.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of annex ( def ).

Other Word Forms

• un·an·nexed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of annexed¹

annex ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Russia then annexed Crimea and backed insurgents in bloody fighting in eastern Ukraine.

From BBC

Russia then annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and backed insurgents in bloody fighting in eastern Ukraine.

From BBC

A former Russian government minister, once a governor in illegally annexed Crimea, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for breaching UK sanctions.

From BBC

A former Russian government minister - who was once a governor in illegally annexed Crimea - has been found guilty of breaching UK sanctions in the first case of its kind.

From BBC

Vance, Greenland and Canada have everything to gain and nothing to lose from being annexed to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

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