disband
verb /dɪsˈbænd/
/dɪsˈbænd/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disband | /dɪsˈbænd/ /dɪsˈbænd/ |
| he / she / it disbands | /dɪsˈbændz/ /dɪsˈbændz/ |
| past simple disbanded | /dɪsˈbændɪd/ /dɪsˈbændɪd/ |
| past participle disbanded | /dɪsˈbændɪd/ /dɪsˈbændɪd/ |
| -ing form disbanding | /dɪsˈbændɪŋ/ /dɪsˈbændɪŋ/ |
- disband (somebody/something) to stop somebody/something from operating as a group; to separate or no longer operate as a group
- They set about disbanding the terrorist groups.
- The committee formally disbanded in August.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisband is used with these nouns as the object:- army
- committee
- militia
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete French desbander.