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Disbanding

[dis-band] Origin

dis·band

[dis-band]
verb (used with object)
1.
to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
verb (used without object)
2.
to disperse.

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1585–95; < Middle French desbander, equivalent to des- dis-1 + -bander, derivative of bande troop, band1

dis·band·ment, noun
un·dis·band·ed, adjective
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disband
1590s, from M.Fr. desbander, in military sense, from des- (see dis-) + band (q.v.). Related: Disbanded.
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