annexation

Definitions

annex (tie onto) + -ation (act of) = "the act of tying territory on." It is the noun for the political sense of annex — one state fastening foreign land onto itself, and it carries the same coercive tone (annexation by force, illegal annexation).

Common Collocations

• 1.illegal annexation非法兼并
• 2.annexation of territory对领土的兼并
• 3.forced annexation强行兼并

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The annexation of the region sparked international protests.

• 2.

  Historians still debate the legality of the annexation.

• 3.

  The treaty formally recognized the annexation.