annex
Example Sentences
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He described American threats to annex Denmark's autonomous territory of Greenland "mind-boggling".
From Barron's
Austria -- which was annexed by Hitler's Germany in 1938 -- has repeatedly been criticised in the past for not fully acknowledging its responsibility in the Holocaust.
From Barron's
The most dangerous suspects at Al-Hol were held at a separate annex and in a network of prisons across the country.
The transition to “West Bank” occurred in 1950, when Jordan annexed the territory.
Adek and I attended the same university, and I found him outside the library, lecturing to a trio of enthralled young ladies about the dangers facing our neighbor Czechoslovakia now that Germany had annexed Austria.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
