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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 [dɪsˈbænd]
vb
to cease to function or cause to stop functioning, as a unit, group, etc.
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
verb
1. dismiss, separate, break up, scatter, dissolve, let go, disperse, send home, demobilize All the armed groups will be disbanded.
2. break up, separate, scatter, disperse, part company, go (their) separate ways The rebels have agreed to disband by the end of the month.
Translations
disband [dɪsˈbænd]
A. VT [+ army] → licenciar; [+ organization] → disolver
B. VIdisolverse

disband [ˌdɪsˈbænd]
vt
[+ troops] → démobiliser
[+ group, party] → dissoudre
vi
[troops] → se disperser
[party] → se dissoudre; [group] → se séparer

disband
vtauflösen
vi (army, club)sich auflösen; (soldiers, club members)auseinandergehen

disband [dɪsˈbænd]
1. vt (army) → congedare, smobilitare; (organization) → sciogliere
2. visciogliersi

disband [dɪsˈbænd]
1. vt (army) → congedare, smobilitare; (organization) → sciogliere
2. visciogliersi

disband
v disband [disˈbӕnd]
to (cause a group, eg a military force to) break up The regiment disbanded at the end of the war. ontbind, afdank, uiteengaan يُسَرِّحُ، يَحُلُّ (جَيْشا) разпускам rozpadnout, rozpustit opløse; sprede auflösen διαλύω, διαλύομαι disolverse laiali saatma, laiali minema منحل شدن؛ از هم پاشیدن kotiuttaa (se) disperser לְהִתפַּרֵק सेना भंग करना raspustiti, razići se szélnek ereszt membubarkan leysa upp disperdersi; licenziare 解散する 해체하다 likviduoti(s), iš(si)formuoti izformēt (karaspēku); (par karapulku) izklīst; izjukt bubar ontbinden oppløse (seg), spres, sende hjem rozwiązywać (się) dispersar a (se) îm­prăştia расформировывать rozpadnúť sa razpustiti, raziti se rasformirati upplösa [], skingras ยุบ; สลายตัว dağıtmak; terhis etmek 解散 розпускати; розформовувати(ся) تنظیم ، جمعیت کو توڑنا giải thể


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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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