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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That remedy would necessarily involve busing students to desegregate the metropolitan area’s schools.
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Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
But those Pasadena schools were soon to be desegregated after the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
—Tim Deroche, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2025
The Black aviators included 450 pilots who trained at Moton Field in Alabama and their success led President Harry Truman to sign an Executive Order to desegregate the nation's armed forces in July 1948.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Recall Eisenhower's deployment of troops to desegregate Southern schools, and Kennedy's creation of the Peace Corps.
—Robert Costa, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
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Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
But those Pasadena schools were soon to be desegregated after the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
—Tim Deroche, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2025
The Black aviators included 450 pilots who trained at Moton Field in Alabama and their success led President Harry Truman to sign an Executive Order to desegregate the nation's armed forces in July 1948.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Recall Eisenhower's deployment of troops to desegregate Southern schools, and Kennedy's creation of the Peace Corps.
—Robert Costa, CBS News, 26 Jan. 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 13 Mar. 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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