disband (verb)
1disband — ► VERB ▪ (with reference to an organized group) break up or cause to break up …
2disband — verb to break up or cause to cease to exist The president wanted to disband the scandal plagued agency …
3disband — I verb break apart, break the association of, break up, cut off, deactivate, demobilize, detach, dimittere, discharge, disconnect, disembody, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dislocate, dismember, dismiss, dismiss from service, disorganize, dispel,… …
4disband — UK US /dɪsˈbænd/ verb [I or T] ► to stop existing as a group or organization, or to end a group or organization: »The international department was disbanded due to budget cuts …
5disband — verb Disband is used with these nouns as the object: ↑army, ↑committee, ↑militia, ↑organization …
6disband — verb the unit was scheduled to disband Syn: break up, disperse, demobilize, dissolve, scatter, separate, go separate ways, part company Ant: assemble …
7disband — verb Etymology: Middle French desbander, from des dis + bande band Date: 1591 transitive verb to break up the organization of ; dissolve intransitive verb to break up as an organization ; disperse • disban …
8disband — verb stop or cause to stop operating as a group. Derivatives disbandment noun Origin C16: from obs. Fr. desbander …
9disband — verb (I, T) if a club or organization disbands or is disbanded, its activities are officially stopped, and it no longer exists …
10disband — UK [dɪsˈbænd] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms disband : present tense I/you/we/they disband he/she/it disbands present participle disbanding past tense disbanded past participle disbanded if a group of people disbands or is… …
