Synonyms of desegregate

desegregate

verb

as in to integrate

Related Words

• integrate
• reintegrate
• assimilate
• connect
• unite
• join
• liberate
• associate
• link
• discharge
• free
• release
• loose

Dissimilar Words

• segregate
• cut off
• isolate
• separate
• insulate
• sequester
• restrict
• jail
• seclude
• restrain
• confine
• quarantine
• lock (up)
• incarcerate
• immure
• intern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of desegregate

Jill Biden relates the 2019 primary debate in which Harris got headlines for challenging Biden for his vote four decades earlier on using busing to desegregate schools. — Susan Page, USA Today, 30 May 2026

Brown, a junior high school teacher at the time, worked at the local level across San Diego County, leading efforts to desegregate housing and jobs in communities such as El Cajon and La Mesa. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2026

Leona Tate said she was escorted as a 6-year-old girl by federal marshals through a white mob trying to prevent her from desegregating a New Orleans elementary school. — Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026

The courts of the era also reshaped criminal law, ordered busing to desegregate schools, redefined the relationship between church and state, and even waded into tax-and-spending issues. — Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026