disbands

present tense third-person singular of disband
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as in dissolves
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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Recent Examples of disbands And once the dog is found, the Search Party network disbands. Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025 DiCaprio plays Bob, a revolutionary in hiding with his teen daughter (Chase Infiniti) after his activist group the French 75 disbands in chaos. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the sugar dissolves, 8 to 10 minutes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The doc is similarly unflinching in showing the horrific scene from 1900 in which Donald Sutherland’s sadistic fascist murders a young boy in a shockingly callous way, while Laura Betti as his equal in cruelty dissolves into blood-curdling cackles.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • The transfer station disperses collected waste to Waste Management facilities.
    Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Used in the group’s previous drone research, this landing gear disperses energy to reduce impact and overcomes multiple engineering challenges.
    Tim Hornyak, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Disbands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbands. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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