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dis⋅band

  [dis-band]
Use disband in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
–verb (used without object)
2. to disperse.
Origin:
1585–95; < MF desbander, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + -bander, deriv. of bande troop, band 1

Related forms:
dis⋅band⋅ment, noun
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dis·band   (dĭs-bānd')   
v.   dis·band·ed, dis·band·ing, dis·bands

v.   tr.
To dissolve the organization of (a corporation, for example).
v.   intr.

  1. To cease to function as an organization; break up.

  2. To separate and move in different directions; disperse.


[Obsolete French desbander, to separate someone from a troop : des-, dis- + Old French band, troop; see band2.]
dis·band'ment n.
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Word Origin & History

disband 
1591, from M.Fr. desbander, in military sense, from des- "dis-" + band (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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