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verb dis·band \ dis-ˈband \

Definition of disband

transitive verb

:to break up the organization of :dissolve

intransitive verb

:to break up as an organization :disperse

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disbandment

play \-ˈban(d)-mənt\ noun

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They've decided to disband the club.
The members of the organization have decided to disband.

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The two stuck with the program after it was disbanded and reinstated in 2015 and are back as senior leaders.

— drew champlin, AL.com, "UAB aims to defy outside expectations in first year back," 27 Aug. 2017
That group was disbanded under Trump’s March order.

— andrew revkin, Science | AAAS, "Trump’s attack on social cost of carbon could end up hurting his fossil fuel push," 24 Aug. 2017
Before the end of the week, both the manufacturing council and the president's Strategy & Policy Forum had been disbanded.

— amy b wang, chicagotribune.com, "Trump's science envoy quits in scathing letter with an embedded message: I-M-P-E-A-C-H," 23 Aug. 2017
The Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee, a task force created by the Justice Department after the Oklahoma City bombing, was disbanded in the aftermath of Sept. 11 when the focus turned to foreign threats.

— judy l. thomas, kansascity, "As domestic terrorism like Charlottesville rises, federal program to fight it shuts down," 20 Aug. 2017
By Wednesday, a dozen or so of the business leaders who had bolstered Trump’s credibility in his first weeks in office, and were to serve as the lynchpin of his tax-reform campaign, decided to disband their advisory councils in protest.

— emily jane fox, The Hive, "The Bull Case for the Trump Presidency Collapses," 18 Aug. 2017
In the past week, Trump has disbanded several of his advisory councils, halting plans for his Council on Infrastructure and putting an end to the Manufacturing Council and the Strategy and Policy Forum, as business leaders began to drop out.

— caroline hallemann, Town & Country, "Members of Trump's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Have Resigned," 18 Aug. 2017
The marchers disbanded after skirmishes with counter-protestors.

— gabrielle bruney, Esquire, "A Terrifying Mob of White Nationalists Marched on the UVA Campus," 12 Aug. 2017
The band, which disbanded after 1995’s Over and Out, has reunited only here and there over the past decade or so, so this is most definitely a special occasion.

— kevin warwick, Chicago Reader, "Early 90s noise-rock band Tar kicks the dust off their aluminum guitars," 14 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of disband

Middle French desbander, from des- dis- + bande band

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disband Synonyms

Synonyms

break up, disperse, dissolve

Antonyms

band, join, unite

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demobilize

Near Antonyms

incorporate; consolidate; hang together

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: to end an organization or group (such as a club)

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verb dis·band \ dis-ˈband \

Definition of disband for Students

disbanded; disbanding

:to break up and stop being a group

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