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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
East Hartford has five or six so we are disbanded a lot more than Middletown is.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2025
The four active tank brigades, each with up to 100 tanks, are likely to disband.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Yet the Eighth Brigade, a 3,000 strong group of rebel Sunni forces in the Southern Daraa Governorate, disbanded in April after pressure from al-Sharaa.
—Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
But the committee’s work was abruptly terminated when, on Feb. 28 – just a month after Trump’s inauguration – the new administration disbanded it.
—Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2025
The four active tank brigades, each with up to 100 tanks, are likely to disband.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Yet the Eighth Brigade, a 3,000 strong group of rebel Sunni forces in the Southern Daraa Governorate, disbanded in April after pressure from al-Sharaa.
—Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
But the committee’s work was abruptly terminated when, on Feb. 28 – just a month after Trump’s inauguration – the new administration disbanded it.
—Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
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Of course, the teeny sensors are currently the only parts of the boat that don’t dissolve away, though the article suggests that the team is working to make those edible, too.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
5 June 2025
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This trend is emerging now because the constraints that made intelligence and expertise scarce are dissolving.—
Arafat Kabir,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Scientists are still searching for answers about how Y. pestis evolved and dispersed, but recent analysis of ancient and modern Y. pestis samples revealed how plague managed to persist among humans for hundreds of years after pandemic waves petered out.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Impact grants now allow up to $20,000 to be dispersed per business.—
Erin Yarnall,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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“Disband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disband. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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