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as in dissolving
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 dispersing
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
police disbanded the rioters with tear gas
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Recent Examples of disbanding
Michael Schill, then president of Northwestern, was berated by congressional Republicans for brokering a compromise with pro-Palestinian protesters last year, disbanding their tent cities while preserving free speech.
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James Druckman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
From there, Hansen and his bandmates determined the best course of action, and discussions even arose about disbanding the group, which had formed in 1976.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The new Search Party feature is designed with privacy in mind, only sharing potential dog sightings and disbanding the network once the pet is found.
—Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
With the group only set to work together for two-and-a-half years, IZ*ONE managed to sell nearly three million records across their K- and J-pop releases before officially disbanding in April 2021.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The Turtles would release two more albums — 1968’s The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands and 1969’s Turtle Soup — before disbanding in 1970.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The remaining trio carried on briefly before disbanding for good a year later.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
After disbanding in 2012, the group reunited in 2016 and has since toured on a not quite annual basis.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Pan Zhanle, an Olympic champion swimmer, was praised for disbanding his official fan group after his success at the Paris Games overwhelmed him with a surge of new followers.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
James Druckman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
From there, Hansen and his bandmates determined the best course of action, and discussions even arose about disbanding the group, which had formed in 1976.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The new Search Party feature is designed with privacy in mind, only sharing potential dog sightings and disbanding the network once the pet is found.
—Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
With the group only set to work together for two-and-a-half years, IZ*ONE managed to sell nearly three million records across their K- and J-pop releases before officially disbanding in April 2021.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The Turtles would release two more albums — 1968’s The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands and 1969’s Turtle Soup — before disbanding in 1970.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The remaining trio carried on briefly before disbanding for good a year later.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
After disbanding in 2012, the group reunited in 2016 and has since toured on a not quite annual basis.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Pan Zhanle, an Olympic champion swimmer, was praised for disbanding his official fan group after his success at the Paris Games overwhelmed him with a surge of new followers.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbanding
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That’s 14 years of dreaming, dissolving, romanticizing, escaping, and sometimes deceiving ourselves.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
19 Oct. 2025
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Everyone is sorry about a life’s work dissolving through uncontrollable circumstances.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Wolves have since returned to the state on their own, dispersing from packs in Oregon and spreading as far south as the southern end of the Sierra Nevada.—
NPR,
NPR,
26 Oct. 2025
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While the initial version of the material was ineffective at dispersing radar waves, researchers enhanced its electromagnetic properties using a subtractive laser patterning process.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Disbanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbanding. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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