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Segregate   /sˈɛgrəgˌeɪt/   Listen
Segregate

verb
(past & past part. segregated; pres. part. segregating)
1.
Separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation.  "We don't segregate in this county"
2.
Divide from the main body or mass and collect.  "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"
3.
Separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others.  "Large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"





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"Segregate" Quotes from Famous Books



... done. We could not segregate the sick, nor could we care for them. We were packed like sardines. There was nothing to do but rot or die—that is, there was nothing to do after the night that followed the first death. On that night, the mate, the supercargo, the Polish Jew, ...
— Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories - Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews • Jack London


Words linked to "Segregate" :   divide, segregator, individual, somebody, desegregate, person, segregation, soul, someone, isolate, separate, mortal, insulate, single out, discriminate, part


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