Definition of "desegregate" [de•seg•re•gate]

• To abolish or eliminate segregation in. (verb-transitive)
• To open (a school or workplace, for example) to members of all races or ethnic groups, especially by force of law. (verb-transitive)
• To become open to members of all races or ethnic groups. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Well, I wanted to kind of ask specifically about the time that, that the public schools began to desegregate, which is about 1965,"
• "He discusses the combined effects of wealth disparities, residential segregation, racial anxieties, and the politics of both challenge and accommodation that converged to create a school system that was among the first in the nation to voluntarily "desegregate" following the 1954 Brown decision while also coming under repeated scrutiny from the U.S."
• "Where are the white children supposed to come from to "desegregate" either the CPS neighborhood schools or the charter schools."