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demarcate

verb as in differentiate

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China claims by far the largest portion of territory in an area demarcated by its so-called "nine-dash line".

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The border police have recorded thermal imaging of buoys in the Narva River that demarcate the border between the two countries being removed by Russian guards under the cover of darkness.

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In a decade of crossing and re-crossing, Papi treated the border and the fences that demarcated it like an exercise in prepositions: He went around it, through it, above it, below it, past it.

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Brazil's president has previously pledged to recognise indigenous land reserves, but the Tupinambás' territory has not yet been formally demarcated by the government.

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China has accused the Philippines of setting off the hostilities in the disputed waters by encroaching into what it says are its offshore territories, demarcated by 10 dashes on a map.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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