All 10 Uses of

demonstrate
in
Oryx and Crake

It was one of Crake's rules that no name could be chosen for which a physical equivalent — even stuffed, even skeletal — could not be demonstrated.†
p. 7.9

demonstrated = showed

Snowman demonstrates, sloshing the water off to the side, then turns the pail upside down.†
p. 103.6

demonstrates = shows

He's tired, he wants to sleep, but he'll have to reassure the Crakers — demonstrate his safe return, explain why he's been away so long, deliver his message from Crake.†
p. 359.4 *

demonstrate = show

Best not to contradict them, but he can't let them continue in a belief that he can fly: sooner or later they might expect him to demonstrate.†
p. 362.1

There were protests and demonstrations, with tear gas and shooting and bludgeoning: then more protests, more demonstrations, more tear gas, more shooting, more bludgeoning.†
p. 179.8

There were protests and demonstrations, with tear gas and shooting and bludgeoning: then more protests, more demonstrations, more tear gas, more shooting, more bludgeoning.†
p. 179.9

They didn't mention the Happicuppa demonstration in Maryland though, so maybe they were less informed than he feared.†
p. 197.8

After a while they'd taken to showing him pictures — stills from buttonhole snoop cameras, or black-and-whites that looked as if they'd been pulled off the security videocams at pleebland bank ATMs, or news-channel footage of this or that: demonstrations, riots, executions.†
p. 256.6

Definitions:

(1) (demonstrate as in: It demonstrates my point.)
to show
The exact meaning of this sense of demonstrate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "I will demonstrate how to throw a Frisbee." -- show how to do something
- "I will demonstrate how much quicker the new computer is than the old one." -- show how something works
- "Her questioned demonstrated that she was listening and thinking deeply about what was said." -- showed to be true or proved
(2) (demonstrate as in: demonstrate to protest)
a public display supporting a cause -- usually joining with others in a political protest