Definition of disband
: to break up the organization of : dissolve
: to break up as an organization : disperse
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Examples of disband in a Sentence
They've decided to disband the club.
The members of the organization have decided to disband.
Recent Examples of disband from the Web
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Earlier this year the White House disbanded a controversial voter fraud commission amid infighting and lawsuits as state officials refused to cooperate.
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Instead of traveling to the U.S. border as originally planned, the caravan will disband in Mexico City, after some of the hundreds of migrants request documents to stay in Mexico.
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The group released two albums in the mid-2000s before O'Day was fired from the group in 2008, with Danity Kane eventually disbanding in 2009 and again in 2014.
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At the beginning of this year, the Provisional Government started unraveling like a suit of the most inexpensive cut when legislators impeached Gov. Henry Smith, who responded by disbanding the Legislature.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the national force, disbanded its unit after the government stiffened the law in 2014.
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In their interview, Gonzalez and Hogg called for disbanding the NRA, and for stricter gun control laws.
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But Trump disbanded the commission this month in the midst of multiple lawsuits against it and resistance by states to turning over voter data.
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Jim McNerney, the former CEO of Boeing, didn’t agree with disbanding the group, according to people on the call, yet agreed to go along with the decision.
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Origin and Etymology of disband
Middle French desbander, from des- dis- + bande band
disband Synonyms
Antonyms
assemble, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, gather, ingather;
DISBAND Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of disband for English Language Learners
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: to end an organization or group (such as a club)
DISBAND Defined for Kids
Definition of disband for Students
disbanded;
disbanding
: to break up and stop being a group
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