to disband
43
4.3
- verb
- /dɪsˈbænd/
:
disolver
- Much of the movement disbanded, and the students left the streets for the offices.
- disband a group
- disband an organization
- disband the army
He's at least not disbanding the Senate or disregarding their orders.
- He's at least not disbanding the Senate or disregarding their orders.
- So the first thing that happens is that, you know, the South is beaten, its army disbands and so on.
- He's making a demand that you disband the camps and turn over the leaders of al Qaeda, or there's going to be a war.
- I know many people heard the news that Beam was disbanded, cancelled, axed, kiboshed.
- And that's disbanding, they call it.
- Stuff is on the cloud and therefore and then you get a lot done and then you disband again, you clean the whiteboards and you're done.
- So like I said in the book that, you know, we had to, we had to disband the Grey man.
- First, he sent repeated protests against the actions of disbanded Russian soldiers and massacres of Muslims by Christian Armenian bands.
Examples
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The fraternity was forced to disband.
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The US remained a small group and even briefly disbanded in the mid-1970s.
Academic text (2001) -
When the group refuses to disband, action must be taken.
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Within two years, the committee disbanded for lack of concern by the faculty.
Academic text (1991) -
The Department of Health confirmed the team will be disbanded by April, 12 months before the three-year program ends.
Academic text (2011) -
On 13 January 1990, the Office for National Security was disbanded with no successor agency constituted.
Academic text (2013) -
It was officially disbanded in 1997 after some secret missions to Afghanistan.
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Detective, can the streets of Detroit feel safer now that Rich Taylor's ring has been disbanded?
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Then the Soviet Union broke up, but instead of disbanding, NATO has been expanding closer and closer to Russia's borders.
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The committee decided to disband after completing its final project.
Synonyms
575
2.3
End a relationship or go separate ways
152
3.4
Make a group of people leave or spread out
137
2.7
To end a close relationship and go separate ways
94
2.9
To stop operating permanently, like a shop or company
60
4.1
To officially end an organization, agreement, or relationship
35
5.8
Fall apart into smaller pieces or stop working together
26
3.0
To separate into pieces, for example a machine or a group
17
4.0
To permanently stop operating as a business or organization
8
3.9
Stop being together and take different paths in life
End the legal existence of a company, organization, or town
Antonyms
How Final
112
4.1
- Formal
60
4.1
43
4.3
152
3.4
104
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
disband = band (semi-transparent) = dis + band
The prefix 'dis-' clearly signals reversal or separation, but many learners may not strongly know the verb 'band' meaning 'join into a group', so the meaning is only moderately guessable.
Etymology
The word disband comes from dis- meaning 'not' or 'away' and band meaning 'a group' or a thing that binds, like a wristband or wedding band. So to disband is to 'undo the band' and break up a group.