defining
[dih-fahy-ning]
/ dɪˈfaɪ nɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
climacteric
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
ADJECTIVE
representing
Synonyms
STRONG
characterizing
delineating
depicting
describing
exhibiting
illustrating
interpreting
mirroring
personifying
picturing
portraying
presenting
reporting
reproducing
revealing
showing
symbolizing
Antonyms
Example Sentences
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Most notably those mistakes included defining their own security at the expense of everyone else's and misdefining security itself as the expensive, wasteful and dangerous capacity to destroy and intimidate.
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