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for desegregate
From The 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
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]
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