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.
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Then, in 1945, the National Park Service desegregated its parks.
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Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
Hill told The Star that the root of her passion sprang from her own experience attending KCPS during a time when the district sought to desegregate schools through busing efforts.
—Mará Rose Williams
august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
But the elementary school has its own history of taking ambitious steps, choosing in 1944 to voluntarily desegregate.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
And his heroics helped desegregate the armed forces.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Essence, 30 Aug. 2025
Hill told The Star that the root of her passion sprang from her own experience attending KCPS during a time when the district sought to desegregate schools through busing efforts.
—Mará Rose Williams
august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
But the elementary school has its own history of taking ambitious steps, choosing in 1944 to voluntarily desegregate.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
And his heroics helped desegregate the armed forces.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for desegregate
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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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
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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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