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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
After the Ballet Russe disbanded, Monson de Kansky toured with the Marquis de Cuevas ballet company for nine years.
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Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The same was true of John Ferreira, the incredibly hard-working FBI special agent who kept the investigation going years after the ELF had disbanded.
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Greg Hanlon,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
This group, along with a number of others dedicated to examining and addressing inequities in the military, has been disbanded.
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Clint Smith,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
By 2021, the Afghanistan Football Federation had disbanded the women’s team, and many of the country’s best female soccer players, including Popal, had fled the country.
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Time,
9 June 2026
In 2012, the commission was incorporated into the Tourism Authority and disbanded during severe budget cuts.
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U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Many of the top leaders are gone, and the office’s advisory committee has also been disbanded.
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O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
5 June 2026
Dozens of civil society groups disbanded, including the one that organized the vigils.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
Richards, for his part, eventually left the group in 1999, which promptly disbanded in his absence.
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Emma Banks,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
The same was true of John Ferreira, the incredibly hard-working FBI special agent who kept the investigation going years after the ELF had disbanded.
—
Greg Hanlon,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
This group, along with a number of others dedicated to examining and addressing inequities in the military, has been disbanded.
—
Clint Smith,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
By 2021, the Afghanistan Football Federation had disbanded the women’s team, and many of the country’s best female soccer players, including Popal, had fled the country.
—
Time,
9 June 2026
In 2012, the commission was incorporated into the Tourism Authority and disbanded during severe budget cuts.
—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Many of the top leaders are gone, and the office’s advisory committee has also been disbanded.
—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
5 June 2026
Dozens of civil society groups disbanded, including the one that organized the vigils.
—
ABC News,
3 June 2026
Richards, for his part, eventually left the group in 1999, which promptly disbanded in his absence.
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Emma Banks,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbanded
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The government is required to allot 90 days between the dissolution of the Knesset and the election, so the latest possible day the parliament can be dissolved is July 29.
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Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film tracks a faded first-generation K-pop co-ed dance trio making a reckless attempt to stage a comeback two decades after a plagiarism scandal dissolved their careers.
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After October 7th, thousands were rounded up, bused to Ramallah, and dispersed across West Bank cities.
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This only works when authorization, validation, business rules and state-transition controls are enforced at the service boundary, instead of being dispersed across user interfaces or deferred to downstream systems.
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