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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Trump also disbanded the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, which since 1995 had advised presidents on HIV/AIDS policy.
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Now, though, the hypothetical questions gave way to disappointment, with Wooten left to explain how his team was disbanded less than a quarter of the way through its mission.
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In January, the district expanded to assume the functions of the St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation, which was disbanded.
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Fifteen of those troopers were shifted over from Troop E, which had long patrolled the Massachusetts Turnpike and was recently disbanded amid an alleged overtime abuse scandal.
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While members of the group like Greenspan and Peikoff remained loyal, the Collective was essentially disbanded; the Randians were left to follow their own paths.
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That is a dramatic reversal of the situation when the Second Fleet was disbanded.
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During the ceremony, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse officially reintroduced the army some 22 years after the national army was disbanded.
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Chiky Luna told his buddy that the San Diego Sockers, which had been disbanded after dominating the indoor soccer scene, were coming back.
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Origin and Etymology of disband
Middle French desbander, from des- dis- + bande band
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First Known Use: 1591
in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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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)
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Definition of disband for Students
disbanded;
disbanding
: to break up and stop being a group
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