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disband

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dis·band  (ds-bnd)
v. dis·band·ed, dis·band·ing, dis·bands
v.tr.
To dissolve the organization of (a corporation, for example).
v.intr.
1. To cease to function as an organization; break up.
2. To separate and move in different directions; disperse.

[Obsolete French desbander, to separate someone from a troop : des-, dis- + Old French band, troop; see band2.]

dis·bandment n.

disband
Verb
to stop or cause to stop functioning as a unit or group
disbandment n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.disband - cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"
break up, dissipate, scatter, dispel, disperse - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
2.disband - stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
break up - come apart; "the group broke up"

disband
2. break up, separate, scatter, disperse, part company, go (their) separate ways
Translations
Spanish disband [dɪsˈbænd] vtdisolver
French disband [dɪsˈbænd] vtdémobiliser; disperser
vise séparer; se disperser

German disband [dɪsˈbænd] vtauflösen
Italian disband [dɪsˈbænd] vtsbandare;
(MIL) → congedare
visciogliersi

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It was growing late, and there was a general disposition to disband.
They must needs hold a council and put their two hundred thick heads together, and then there comes this fellow Aylward and another, as their spokesmen, to say that they will disband unless an Englishman of good name be set over them.
Were every nation except France now to disband its peace establishments, the same event might follow.
 
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