disband

[disĀ·band]

You know how rock bands are always forming and then breaking up? When they break up, they disband. The word disband refers to any group or unit of folks who decide to go their separate ways.

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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.

Verb
stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"

Verb
cause to break up or function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"


v. t.
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.

v. t.
To divorce.

v. i.
To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.


Disband

Dis*band" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbanding.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d'82bander, 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.
2. To divorce. [Obs.]
And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded.

Disband

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.
Human society would in a short space disband.

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.

To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.

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