(~s, desegregating, ~d)
To ~ something such as a place, institution, or service means to officially stop keeping the people who use it in separate groups, especially groups that are defined by race.
...efforts to ~ sport...
The school system itself is not totally ~d.
= integrate
? segregate
VERB: V n, V-ed
desegregation
Desegregation may be harder to enforce in rural areas.
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