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de·seg·re·gate    Audio Help   [dee-seg-ri-geyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to eliminate racial segregation in: to desegregate all schools.
–verb (used without object)
2.to eliminate racial segregation.

[Origin: 1950–55; de- + segregate]
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de·seg·re·gate    Audio Help   (dē-sěg'rĭ-gāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   de·seg·re·gat·ed, de·seg·re·gat·ing, de·seg·re·gates

v.   tr.
  1. To abolish or eliminate segregation in.
  2. To open (a school or workplace, for example) to members of all races or ethnic groups, especially by force of law.

v.   intr.
To become open to members of all races or ethnic groups.

de·seg're·ga'tion n., de·seg're·ga'tion·ist n.
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desegregate

verb
open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" [ant: segregate

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