Disband Definition

dĭs-bănd
disbanded, disbanding, disbands
verb
disbanded, disbanding, disbands
To break up (an association or organization)
Webster's New World
To cease to exist or function as an organization; scatter; disperse.
Webster's New World
To dismiss (a military force) from service.
Webster's New World
To separate and move in different directions; disperse.
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Origin of Disband

  • Obsolete French desbander to separate someone from a troop des- dis- Old French band troop band2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French desbander

    From Wiktionary

Disband Sentence Examples

  • They would eventually get signed to a record label, only to disband at the last moment.

  • The company has announced that it will "disband Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011."

  • The soldiers refused to disband, and on the 3rd of June Cromwell, whom, it was believed, the parliament intended to arrest, joined the army."

  • In 50 the senate by a very large majority revoked the extraordinary powers conceded to Pompey and Caesar in Spain and Gaul respectively, and called upon them to disband their armies.

  • The peers rejected the law of inheritance and the press law; it was found necessary to disband the National Guard; and in November 1827 seventy-six new peers were created, and recourse was had to a general election.

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DDIDIS

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DNDAND

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