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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
Roberson and Luckett were dropped from the group in 2000, and Destiny's Child (who at that point were a trio of Beyoncé, Rowland and Michelle Williams) disbanded in 2005.
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Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
The entire organization should be disbanded and reorganized and its agents retrained.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
DeSantis reactivated the guard 75 years after it was disbanded, with critics at the time calling it his private army.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
Those shows, along with about three dozen other tour stops, were cancelled due to an injury singer Zach de la Rocha sustained early in the tour, and the group ultimately disbanded in 2024.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
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Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
The entire organization should be disbanded and reorganized and its agents retrained.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
DeSantis reactivated the guard 75 years after it was disbanded, with critics at the time calling it his private army.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
Those shows, along with about three dozen other tour stops, were cancelled due to an injury singer Zach de la Rocha sustained early in the tour, and the group ultimately disbanded in 2024.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disband
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Then, when the US and Mexico dissolved their joint screwworm commission in 2012, the US handed over that facility to the Mexican government, which shut it down soon as the threat waned.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Stir and allow the gelatin to dissolve for 10 minutes.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Feb. 2026
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Officer Norma Eisenman, an LAPD spokeswoman, said police made 51 arrests Saturday evening, with 47 adults and three juveniles cited and released for failure to disperse.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Participants were also asked to discuss whether markets should be centrally located, located on the South and West sides or dispersed throughout the city.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Disband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disband. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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