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Verb segregate has 3 senses

segregate - separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"
--₁ is one way to discriminate, separate, single out
Antonyms: desegregate, integrate, mix

Derived forms: noun segregation₂, noun segregator₁
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"
--₂ is one way to separate, divide, part

Derived form: noun segregation₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
segregate - separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun degregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
--₃ is one way to isolate, insulate

Derived form: noun segregation₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something