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as in to dissolve
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization
the university disbanded the committee after the report had been submitted the rock group disbanded upon finishing their farewell tour
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as in to disperse
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
police disbanded the rioters with tear gas
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Recent Examples of disband
However, they’re disbanded in the early moments of this third film as Eisenberg’s character tells a new generation of crooked magicians that his former comrades are dead.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
The White House has closed the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, removed a surgeon general advisory declaring gun violence a public health issue and disbanded a committee launched to prevent school shootings.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Van Halen's members have always had strenuous relationships with one another — and that hasn't changed even after the band officially disbanded following Eddie's death.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Democratic Party in Hong Kong, once the city’s largest opposition force, has disbanded following a crackdown by Beijing.
—Adam B. Kushner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
The White House has closed the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, removed a surgeon general advisory declaring gun violence a public health issue and disbanded a committee launched to prevent school shootings.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Van Halen's members have always had strenuous relationships with one another — and that hasn't changed even after the band officially disbanded following Eddie's death.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The Democratic Party in Hong Kong, once the city’s largest opposition force, has disbanded following a crackdown by Beijing.
—Adam B. Kushner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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In the past few years, Kody’s relationships with Christine, Janelle, 55, and Meri, 54, have dissolved, leading to estrangement between the former polygamist and many of his kids.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Leigh’s treatment of the masquerade likewise dissolves distinctions between subject and object: An encrusted head sans face atop a raffia dome functions neither as a fully articulated human form nor as an abstract sculpture.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Eos is predicted to disperse, or photodissociate, as a result of background photons impacting the cloud's molecules, in about 5.7 million years' time.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Given how many people were still waiting two and a half hours after they were told to disperse, maybe this is a good reminder for her that she’s reached a level of fame where a performance in the park is probably never gonna be a walk in the park to coordinate.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Disband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disband. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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