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segregate

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segregate (someone) from (someone else)

 and segregate (something) from (something else)

to separate someone from someone else or something from something else. I was asked to segregate the swimmers from the nonswimmers. Let's segregate the larger fish from the smaller ones.

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segregate (someone, something, or an animal) into something

to isolate someone, an animal, or something into something or a special place. We segregated the infected people into a separate room. Let's segregate the white pigs into a different pen.

See also: segregate

segregate something from something else Go to segregate someone from someone

else.

See also: else, segregate