Disband
[dɪs'bænd]
Definition
(verb.) stop functioning or cohering as a unit; 'The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting'.
(verb.) cause to break up or cease to function; 'the principal disbanded the political student organization'.
Checker: Ramona--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army.
(v. t.) To divorce.
(v. i.) To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Break up, dismiss from military service.
v. n. Separate, disperse, scatter, break up, retire from military service.
Editor: Mary
Definition
v.t. to break up a band: to disperse esp. of troops.—v.i. to break up.—n. Disband′ment.
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Examples
- Blaspheme not the holy saints, Sir Reginald, said De Bracy, we shall have need of their aid to-day before yon rascal rout disband. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We must either give up the art, and disband, or make the necessary improvements as they are called for. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- When he was at peace, which he was very seldom, and never for any long time together, he was careful not to disband that army. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Discipline was lost; the army disbanded itself. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A minister pronounced the benediction, and the patriotic little gathering disbanded. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I had also bestowed a shilling on the Orfling, who was about to be disbanded. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I do not think the Abolitionists saw facts truly when they disbanded their organization a few years after the civil war. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On the Monday, when the party disbanded with uproarious adieux, the return to town threw into stronger relief the charms of the life she was leaving. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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