Thesaurus results for DEMARCATE

demarcate

verb

di-ˈmär-ˌkāt

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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 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 Carolina Panthers opponents in 2026 Divisional opponents are demarcated with an asterisk. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026 Vuitton expects its special-edition Monogram products to be collectible, and each bag comes with a name tag that doubles as a cardholder, and an inside label demarcating it as part of an anniversary collection. —

Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for demarcate

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define

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But Kyiv’s early embrace of drones, and the mass-industrialization of their accuracy and power, has begun to exact a defining toll on Moscow.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Taken together, those cultural threads help explain why food – and especially meat – carries an outsized symbolic role in Texas politics, where the official state dish, adopted in 1977, is chili, defined by its significant meat base.

— Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 May 2026