annexes

Takes over territory

Annexes is the plural of annex, which as a noun means a building or section added to a main structure, typically to provide additional space: The library annexes house overflow collections.

As a verb, annex means to attach or add something, especially territory, to a larger entity, often by force or without consent: Russia annexes Crimea.

The verb form annexes appears in third-person singular present tense.

building

wing

Limb enabling flight

section · attachment · pavilion · dependency · ell · adjunct · compound

territorial

seizure

Forcible taking or convulsion

conquest · occupation · colonization · expansionism · imperialism · subjugation · usurpation · Crimea · Sudetenland · land grab

Categories
Opposites
territorial/political incorporation

annexescedes

Formally surrenders control

relinquishes · surrenders · liberates · releases · decolonizes

physical attachment

annexesdetaches

Removes from connection

separates · disconnects · removes · severs · disjoins

documentary/supplementary addition

annexesremoves

Takes something out

excises · deletes · omits · excludes · redacts

Phrases
Family

annex, annexation, annexed, annexing, annexe, unannexed

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Top 100,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G