segregate
/SEG-rih-gayt/verbto set apart or separate from others
“The lab must segregate contaminated samples immediately.”
- Synonyms
- separate, isolate, partition
- Antonyms
- integrate, unite
- Root
- greg- (flock)
- Memory hook
- se (apart) + greg (flock): split the flock apart.
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