segregate
verbUK /ˈsɛɡrɪɡeɪt/
US /ˈsɛɡrɪɡeɪt/
To separate people or things into different groups.
The teacher will segregate the blocks by color.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. To set apart from others or from the main group.
The sick animals were segregated from the healthy ones.
3. To separate one type of material from a mixture, as in recycling.
We segregate paper, plastic, and glass for recycling.
4. To separate groups of people based on race, religion, or other differences, often unfairly.
Laws that segregated schools by race were struck down.