'Disband' definitions:
Definition of 'disband'
From: WordNet
verb
Cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"
verb
Stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: disband, dissolve]
Definition of 'Disband'
From: GCIDE
- Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see Dis-), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To divorce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disband'
From: GCIDE
- Disband \Dis*band"\, v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization. [1913 Webster]
- When both rocks and all things shall disband. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- Human society would in a short space disband. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disband'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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