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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disband \Dis*band"\, verb (used without an object) To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.
When both rocks and all things shall disband. --Herbert.
Human society would in a short space disband. --Tillotson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see {Dis-}), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d['e]bander, to unbind, unbend. See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.]
1. 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.
They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. --Knolles.
2. To divorce. [Obs.]
And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disband
verb
1: cause to break up or function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"
2: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: {dissolve}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "disband": break up, deactivate, debrief, decommission, demilitarize, demob, demobilize, detach, dichotomize, disarm, discharge, disintegrate, disjoin, disjoint, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissect, dissever, dissipate, dissolve, disunite, diverge, divide, divorce, go separate ways, let go, muster out, part, part company, reconvert, release, retire, scatter, separate, sever, sheathe the sword, split up, sunder
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