desegregate

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desegregate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  desegregate \de*seg"re*gate\ v. t.
     to eliminate laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit
     members of a specific racial or national group from using
     (certain locations, organizations, or facilities); to
     introduce members of a racial or religious group into (a
     community, facility, or organization from which they had been
     barred).
     [PJC]

desegregate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  desegregate
      v 1: open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups;
           "This school is completely desegregated" [syn:
           desegregate, integrate, mix] [ant: segregate]