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What does annexation mean?

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Noun
  1. Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
  2. (law) A legal merging of a territory into another body.
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The annexation of Eritrea by Ethiopia in 1962 started off a bitter 30-year war of independence.
Kipling penned this ode to imperialism as a tribute to the US annexation of the Philippines.
But officials were so keen to preserve friendly relations with Indonesia that they made it clear they would not oppose any annexation.
Bukey's interpretation of Austria's annexation to Germany largely follows the prevailing view.
It was on 1 September 1977 that South Africa reimposed direct rule over the enclave and reasserted its claim to sovereignty based on the original annexation.
The proposal for annexation was made by the President of the Dominican Republic.

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