In the game of Go, the stones are motionless; they remain in their positions like sentries defending the territory that they help to delimit.
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Delimit
/dɪˈlɪmɪt/
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Go is played on a board with the same number of vertical and horizontal lines, including the lines that delimit the board. The most used boards are those with 9x9, 13x13, and 19x19 lines.
Source: tatoeba (10355803)
Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain
Source: wiktionary
Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
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