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disband

(dɪsbænd)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense disbands, present participle disbanding, past tense, past participle disbanded
verb
If someone disbands a group of people, or if the group disbands, it stops operating as a single unit.
All the armed groups will be disbanded. [be VERB-ed]
The rebels were to have fully disbanded by June the tenth. [VERB]
[Also VERB noun]
Synonyms: dismiss, separate, break up, scatter More Synonyms of disband
More Synonyms of disband

disband in British English

(dɪsˈbænd)
verb
to cease to function or cause to stop functioning, as a unit, group, etc
Derived forms
disbandment (disˈbandment)
noun

disband in American English

(dɪsˈbænd)
verb transitive
1. 
to break up (an association or organization)
2. 
to dismiss (a military force) from service
verb intransitive
3. 
to cease to exist or function as an organization; scatter; disperse
Derived forms
disbandment (disˈbandment)
noun
Word origin
MFr desbander: see di-1 & band1

Examples of 'disband' in a sentence
disband

And then the zeitgeist drifted off and the group disbanded.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Sadly, we were not deemed to be cost effective and the unit was disbanded.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The group was disbanded after an outcry in the 1980s and some members jailed.
The Sun (2014)
When the Polish air force units were disbanded, he found himself in a quandary.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Since that group disbanded in 2004, he has gone to ground again.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There simply wasn't much cause to record their history: the miners lost the strike and the group disbanded.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The association is now disbanded after the deaths of the survivors of those ghastly days working on the Burma railway as prisoners of the Japanese.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
disband

British English: disband VERB
If someone disbands a group of people, or if the group disbands, it stops operating as a single unit.
All the armed groups will be disbanded.
  • American English: disband
  • Brazilian Portuguese: dispersar
  • Chinese: 解散
  • European Spanish: disolver
  • French: disperser
  • German: auflösen
  • Italian: sciogliere
  • Japanese: 解散する
  • Korean: 해산하다
  • European Portuguese: dispersar
  • Latin American Spanish: disolver

1 (verb) 
Definition
to stop or cause to stop functioning as a unit or group
All the armed groups will be disbanded.
Synonyms
dismiss
Two more witnesses were called, heard and dismissed.
separate
break up
The crowd broke up reluctantly.
scatter
dissolve
The King agreed to dissolve the present commission.
let go
disperse
send home
demobilize
It is unlikely that the rebel bands will demobilize.
2 (verb) 
Definition
to stop or cause to stop functioning as a unit or group
The rebels have agreed to disband by the end of the month.
Synonyms
break up
My partner and I have broken up.
separate
Let's separate into smaller groups.
scatter
After dinner, everyone scattered.
disperse
The crowd dispersed peacefully.
part company
go (their) separate ways

Additional synonyms

in the sense of demobilize
It is unlikely that the rebel bands will demobilize.
Synonyms
disband,
separate,
break up,
scatter,
disperse,
part company,
demob (British, informal),
go (their) separate ways
in the sense of disperse
Definition
to leave or cause to leave a gathering
The crowd dispersed peacefully.
Synonyms
break up,
separate,
dismiss,
disappear,
send off,
vanish,
scatter,
dissolve,
rout,
dispel,
disband,
part company,
demobilize,
go (their) separate ways
in the sense of dissolve
Definition
to formally end
The King agreed to dissolve the present commission.
Synonyms
end,
dismiss,
suspend,
axe (informal),
break up,
wind up,
overthrow,
terminate,
discontinue,
dismantle,
disband,
disunite

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