annexed

Definitions

Added as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.

Seized or incorporated territory into a state or country, typically by force.

Examples

The powerful empire annexed the neighboring territory after a short conflict.

The small town was eventually annexed by the rapidly expanding city.

Historians study how the region was annexed during the nineteenth century.

Synonyms

attached added seized acquired occupied appended incorporated

Antonyms

separated detached released returned surrendered divested disconnected