annexation | Amarkosh

Meaning of word annexation from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Incorporation by joining or uniting.

Meaning : The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation.

Example : The French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896.
A protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

inversely (adverb)
In an inverse or contrary manner.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

make (noun)
A recognizable kind.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

submaxilla (noun)
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

unmatched (adjective)
Of the remaining member of a pair.