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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Like Lawson, Lewis was among the leaders of the sit-ins that desegregated Nashville lunch counters in the 1960s.
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
President Truman desegregated the Army after World War II.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Angry white mobs assembled in front of schools in the South to stop Black children from desegregating those schools is American.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Abraham Lincoln used it during the Civil War, and in the 20th century, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy relied on the law to desegregate schools, deploying troops to the South after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
President Truman desegregated the Army after World War II.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Angry white mobs assembled in front of schools in the South to stop Black children from desegregating those schools is American.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Abraham Lincoln used it during the Civil War, and in the 20th century, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy relied on the law to desegregate schools, deploying troops to the South after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregate. Accessed 29 Jan. 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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