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as in dissolved
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 dispersed
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
police disbanded the rioters with tear gas
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Recent Examples of disbanded
Utah, a former member, disbanded its beach volleyball program earlier this year.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2025
Swisher said his association disbanded their task force after renderers started taking theft precautions.
—Nick Ferraro, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Adani Group has repeatedly denied the accusations first made by Hindenburg, which has since disbanded.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Swisher said his association disbanded their task force after renderers started taking theft precautions.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Later, the label added acts such as Everything Absent or Distorted and Thank God for Astronauts, but went dormant as those groups disbanded.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
The characters are no longer their evergreen middle school selves; in the musical version, the founding members of the BSC (Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey) are now 25 years old and returning to Stoneybrook after the club has been disbanded.
—De Elizabeth, Parents, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite being signed to the culture-changing label Sub Pop for four albums in the 2000s, Fruit Bats never achieved the same level of acclaim as many of their labelmates, like the Shins and Sleater Kinney, and Johnson disbanded the collective at the end of its 2013 tour.
—Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Davies, who also played keyboards and harmonica, carried the band forward after Hodgson's departure in 1983 but disbanded the group by the end of the decade.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2025
Swisher said his association disbanded their task force after renderers started taking theft precautions.
—Nick Ferraro, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Adani Group has repeatedly denied the accusations first made by Hindenburg, which has since disbanded.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Swisher said his association disbanded their task force after renderers started taking theft precautions.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Later, the label added acts such as Everything Absent or Distorted and Thank God for Astronauts, but went dormant as those groups disbanded.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
The characters are no longer their evergreen middle school selves; in the musical version, the founding members of the BSC (Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey) are now 25 years old and returning to Stoneybrook after the club has been disbanded.
—De Elizabeth, Parents, 17 Sep. 2025
Despite being signed to the culture-changing label Sub Pop for four albums in the 2000s, Fruit Bats never achieved the same level of acclaim as many of their labelmates, like the Shins and Sleater Kinney, and Johnson disbanded the collective at the end of its 2013 tour.
—Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Davies, who also played keyboards and harmonica, carried the band forward after Hodgson's departure in 1983 but disbanded the group by the end of the decade.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbanded
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The country is undergoing a regulatory overhaul since Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad dissolved parliament in 2024, with reforms accompanied by purging citizenships the government says were fraudulently obtained, though rights groups say political opponents have also been targeted.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rolsky agrees with many others that these PVA remnants are too dissolved to define them as microplastics—but for him, that’s precisely the problem.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Economist Pierre Azoulay and colleagues recently imagined an alternative history where NIH was 40% smaller and dispersed less money – a budget akin to current federal proposals.—
Ryan Summers,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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When air is stagnant, pollutants don't get dispersed, allowing ozone to build up to unhealthy levels.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Disbanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbanded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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