Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun annexation

2 senses of annexation

Sense 1
annexation, appropriation -- (incorporation by joining or uniting)
       => incorporation -- (including by incorporating)

Sense 2
annexation -- (the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation")
       => acquisition -- (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another")