Keep (groups) apart from each other (9)

I believe the answer is:

segregate

(Other definitions for segregate that I've seen before include "put to one side" , "Seperate from Easter egg" , "Keep apart" , "Isolate, separate" , "set apart from others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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