DEMARCATIONS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

demarcate 1 of 2

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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demarcation

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noun

ˌdē-ˌmär-ˈkā-shən

as in distinction

the state of being kept distinct the lines of demarcation between art and entertainment are often blurry

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Recent Examples of demarcate

Verb

The two countries have long disagreed on stretches of their 500-mile border that had been demarcated under French colonial rule, especially around the Preah Vihear and Ta Muen Thom temples, and have clashed several times over the years, including between 2008 and 2011. —

Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Dec. 2025 Despite a recent calming in runaway home values in metro Denver, the $650,000 median price of a detached home in October still demarcated a housing market that was out of reach for many. —

John Aguilar, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025

Noun

Pitras said shifting between clock and event time is easier for him without the sun’s clear demarcation between day and night. —

Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025 The yellow line was intended as the first of three demarcation lines, to which Israeli forces would withdraw as the ceasefire progressed through its three stages. —

David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for demarcate

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But looming is the question of whether the federal immigration officers who pulled the triggers in both cases actually broke the law, a question that will come down to complicated issues that are much harder to define than the outrage that prompted calls for accountability.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
That balance of a decades-old history and a new brand’s need to establish itself in its own right shapes the leadership challenge facing Strazik, who joined GE in 2000 when it was still led by Jack Welch, one of the defining — and most debated — business leaders of the 20th century.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026