desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˌ)dē-ˈse-gri-ˌgāt 
desegregated; desegregating; desegregates
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free of any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
Examples of desegregate in a Sentence
efforts to desegregate the town's buses
Eventually the city's schools desegregated.
Recent Examples on the Web
This movement has many champions, including Nikole Hannah-Jones, who, back in 2014 and 2016, wrote forcefully about the need for white families to desegregate public districts.
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024
King had already leveraged the boycott in Montgomery to desegregate the city’s bus system.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Cox says he was inspired by events like the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the bravery of the Little Rock Nine who desegregated their Arkansas high school in 1957 in the face of threats and physical harassment.
—Lottie Joiner, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The fast-growing NAACP was testing out legal cases in hopes of desegregating the nation’s schools, including at the nearby University of North Carolina.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024
King had already leveraged the boycott in Montgomery to desegregate the city’s bus system.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Cox says he was inspired by events like the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the bravery of the Little Rock Nine who desegregated their Arkansas high school in 1957 in the face of threats and physical harassment.
—Lottie Joiner, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The fast-growing NAACP was testing out legal cases in hopes of desegregating the nation’s schools, including at the nearby University of North Carolina.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˈ)dē-ˈseg-ri-ˌgāt
: to eliminate segregation in
especially
: to end by law the isolation of members of a particular race in separate units
desegregate city schools
desegregation
noun
(ˌ)dē-ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-shən
Legal Definition
desegregate
transitive verb
de·seg·re·gate
dē-ˈse-grə-ˌgāt
desegregated; desegregating
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free from any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
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