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Disband

Disband Meaning & Definition
Disband Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disband?

[v] stop functioning, as of organizations or groups; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
[v] cause to break up or function, as of groups and organizations

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disband: dissolve

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disband: break up | deactivate | debrief | decommission | demilitarize | demob | demobilize | detach | dichotomize | disarm | discharge | disintegrate | disjoin | disjoint | dismiss | disorganize | dispel | disperse | dissect | dissever | dissipate | dissolve | disunite | diverge | divide | divorce | go separate ways | let go | muster out | part | part company | reconvert | release | retire | scatter | separate | sever | sheathe the sword | split up | sunder

See Also | break up | dispel | disperse | dissipate | scatter

Disband In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*band"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d['e]bander, to unbind, unbend. See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.] 1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. --Knolles. 2. To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. --Milton.
\Dis*band"\, v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization. When both rocks and all things shall disband. --Herbert. Human society would in a short space disband. --Tillotson.

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