annexing
Claiming foreign land
Annexing is the act of adding territory to one's own domain, typically by force or political maneuvering.
A nation annexes neighboring land; a country annexes a disputed region.
The word carries connotations of unilateral action—the annexed party rarely consents.
Figuratively, annexing can mean appropriating anything: He's been annexing my ideas and presenting them as his own.
Defeating and seizing control
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
incorporation · appropriation · claiming · capture · subjugation · dominion · imperialism · expansionism
Joining quantities mathematically
- enlargementIncrease in size
- extensionAdded part or duration
- augmentationAct of adding more
- inclusionBeing made part
aggregation · accumulation · broadening · appending · attachment · accretion · growth · assimilation
Merging into one entity
- integrationCombining into a whole
- mergerCorporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
treaty · referendum · legitimization · proclamation · decree · legislation · statehood · federation
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- takeoverAssuming command of something
colonization · incorporation · appropriation · claiming · capture · subjugation · dominion · imperialism · expansionism · invasion
addition
Joining quantities mathematically
- enlargementIncrease in size
- extensionAdded part or duration
- augmentationAct of adding more
inclusion · aggregation · accumulation · broadening · appending · attachment · accretion · growth · assimilation · amalgamation
unification
Merging into one entity
- integrationCombining into a whole
- mergerCorporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
ratification · treaty · referendum · legitimization · proclamation · decree · legislation · statehood · federation · partition
- territorial expansionexpansion, colonization, conquest, land grab, land acquisition
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- bordersborder, boundary, border crossing, national borders, boundary line
- home activitiescleaning, cooking, sleeping, bathing, eating
- adding wordssumming, totaling, plus, sum, addition
annexingceding
Formally surrendering territory or rights
surrendering · relinquishing · seceding · yielding · giving up
annexingdetaching
Unfastening from attachment
separating · severing · disconnecting · disjoining · partitioning
annex, annexation, annexes, annexed, annexe, unannexed, annexure, annexable