Synonyms of annexed

annexed

verb

past tense of annex

as in added

to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase

plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• added
• appended
• attached
• adjoined
• introduced
• expanded
• subjoined
• tacked (on)
• affixed
• inserted
• enlarged
• augmented
• tied
• increased
• grafted
• injected
• extended
• supplied
• supplemented
• infused
• fastened
• compounded
• multiplied
• lengthened
• escalated
• reinforced
• enforced
• enhanced
• tagged
• intensified
• amplified
• elongated
• complemented
• prolonged
• fixed
• swelled (up)
• hitched
• magnified
• protracted
• heightened
• interfused
• strengthened
• aggrandized
• boosted
• raised
• maximized
• beefed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• removed
• separated
• deducted
• subtracted
• detached
• abated
• reduced
• disconnected
• cut
• excised
• severed
• took off
• decreased
• diminished
• contracted
• knocked off
• amputated
• lowered
• lessened
• bated
• shortened
• disjoined
• curtailed
• abbreviated
• abridged
• unfastened
• condensed
• compressed
• lopped (off)
• cut back
• constricted
• retrenched

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of annexed

About 5,000 new homes have been built in the area since it was annexed by the city in 2004. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

The parliamentary election was the first since Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the first to include residents of four regions of that country that were seized and illegally annexed by Moscow later that year. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Among the areas voting are four Ukrainian regions illegally annexed by Russia but not fully under the Kremlin’s control. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Voting is also taking place in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia illegally annexed in 2014. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Russia was also holding the vote in the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the war began but still doesn't fully control, and in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 629 Ukrainian drones overnight over 14 Russian regions, as well as illegally annexed Crimea and the Azov and the Black seas. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

Voting is also taking place in the areas annexed from Ukraine in the east as Putin looks to reinforce popular support for the war. — Chris Massaro , Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026