(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If a country ~es another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
Rome ~ed the Nabatean kingdom in 106 AD...
Hitler was determined to ~ Austria to Germany.
VERB: V n, V n to n
~ation (~ations)
...Indonesia’s ~ation of East Timor.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n
2.
Annex is the same as ~e . (AM)
N-COUNT