desegregate
verb (used with object)
to eliminate racial segregation in.
desegregated
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past participleof desegregate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof desegregate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
desegregateverb (used with object)to eliminate racial segregation in.
Example Sentences
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As a young man, he attended a newly desegregated high school in Terre Haute and was friendly with students of all colors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Supreme Court desegregated the nation’s schools in Brown v.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2024
This year marks 75 years since the U.S. military desegregated, and the numbers still aren’t where they should be, according to the panel of prestigious Black officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2023
Law led the civil rights campaign that peacefully desegregated the city’s schools, stores and restaurants in 1963.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
They had desegregated Durham’s tennis courts in this manner a few months earlier.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
