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de·seg·re·gate Listen to audio/diˈsɛgrəˌgeɪt/ verb
de·seg·re·gates; de·seg·re·gat·ed; de·seg·re·gat·ing
: to end a policy that keeps people of different races apart : to end a policy of segregation [+ obj] efforts to desegregate the town's busesusually used as (be) desegregated The city's schools were finally desegregated in the 1960s. [no obj] Eventually the city's schools desegregated.
— de·seg·re·ga·tion Listen to audio /diˌsɛgrɪˈgeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]

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