Segregate (verb)

1. To set apart or separate from others or from a main group.
2. To set apart or separate by race or other characteristics, as in the case of segregation laws.

Origin:

From latin segregatus, past participle of segregare "to set apart, separate", from se- "apart" + gregare "to gather together".

Examples:

1. The teacher decided to segregate the children into different groups based on their ability levels.
2. During the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans fought against the practice of segregation in the United States.
3. Many schools in the United States were segregated until the 1960s.
4. The city's policy is to segregate the waste into different categories before sending it to the landfill.
5. The prison authorities decided to segregate the violent inmates from the rest of the prison population.