Thesaurus results for DEMARCATE

demarcate

verb

di-ˈmär-ˌkāt

Definition of demarcate next

as in to define

to mark the limits of a bright yellow line demarcated the county on the road map

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Recent Examples of demarcate Instead, Yoo provides pearls of thoughtful surrealist images on a long string, a new sentence only demarcated by a capital letter. —

Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 The book portrays the city as a liminal metropolis where the line demarcating business and crime has been worn faint by heavy footfall from both directions. —

Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 The treaty specified that a survey team, comprising both Americans and Mexicans, would demarcate the border between the two countries. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026 Voyager 1 is nestled in the space demarcated by that stellar pyramid. —

Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for demarcate

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define

Verb

One of Wood’s earliest conversations with Reid centered on abandoning the heeled footwear that helped define earlier versions of the character.

— Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
McTominay, whose iconic bicycle kick against Denmark was the defining goal of Scotland’s World Cup qualifying campaign, threatened multiple times past the 80th minute but couldn’t convert.

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 June 2026