Disband
verb
To break up or cause something to stop existing, especially an organization or a group.
The club disbanded after the end of the school year.
Often appears as...
- disband the group
- disband the team
verb
To break up or cause something to stop existing, especially an organization or a group.
The club disbanded after the end of the school year.
Often appears as...
- disband the group
- disband the team
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Group Closure
Used when a formal group or organization ceases operations and members go their separate ways.
When funding ran out, the community outreach program disbanded.
Pro Tip 2/3End of Activity
Refers to stopping all activities and disassembling the structure of the group.
After a final meeting, the committee disbanded.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Unity
Suggests that a group may disband due to disagreements or loss of common purpose.
The band disbanded after clashing over musical direction.
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Cocaine Shipment at JFK...
And they're ultimately going to take possession of the narcotics themselves. And they may do a controlled delivery to find out who this was going to. OFFICER Right. And then perhaps develop a case from this. At the end of the day, it's about disbanding these drug trafficking organizations.
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How did Hitler rise to...
to grant him emergency powers. Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished, other parties were disbanded, and anti-Jewish laws were passed. Many of Hitler's early radical supporters were arrested and executed, along with potential rivals,
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
Every day I hope that politicians, diplomats, development workers can turn conflict into peace and threat into hope. And I hope that one day armies can be disbanded
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Cocaine Shipment at JFK...
And they're ultimately going to take possession of the narcotics themselves. And they may do a controlled delivery to find out who this was going to. OFFICER Right. And then perhaps develop a case from this. At the end of the day, it's about disbanding these drug trafficking organizations.
Video examples
How did Hitler rise to...
to grant him emergency powers. Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished, other parties were disbanded, and anti-Jewish laws were passed. Many of Hitler's early radical supporters were arrested and executed, along with potential rivals,
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
Every day I hope that politicians, diplomats, development workers can turn conflict into peace and threat into hope. And I hope that one day armies can be disbanded
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Gerard Batten
After the fall of Communism, the biggest mistake Boris Yeltzin's regime made was not to disband the KGB altogether. Instead it changed its name to the FSB and, to many observers, morphed into a gangster organisation, eventually headed by master criminal Vladimir Putin.
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John Spratt
American Politician
With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison.
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Ted Stevens
American Politician
I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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Jimmy Page
British Musician
The Yardbirds sort of disbanded, and I was disappointed because I thought what we were doing was really good. I thought we were really onto something. I thought I was really onto something with these ideas that I had.
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Mick Taylor
English Musician
The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there.
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Alfred Nobel
Swedish Scientist
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.
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Mohit Chauhan
Indian Musician
After Silk Route disbanded I came on my own, and through the years, I have sung a few film songs while writing songs for my album.
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Matthew Whitaker
American Public Servant
The Department of Education should be disbanded and the resources either returned to the taxpayers or put into the schools.
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Adnan Pachachi
Iraqi Politician
Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.
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Robert Smith
English Musician
If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.
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Gerard Batten
After the fall of Communism, the biggest mistake Boris Yeltzin's regime made was not to disband the KGB altogether. Instead it changed its name to the FSB and, to many observers, morphed into a gangster organisation, eventually headed by master criminal Vladimir Putin.
Quote examples
John Spratt
American Politician
With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison.
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Ted Stevens
American Politician
I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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Jimmy Page
British Musician
The Yardbirds sort of disbanded, and I was disappointed because I thought what we were doing was really good. I thought we were really onto something. I thought I was really onto something with these ideas that I had.
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Mick Taylor
English Musician
The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there.
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Alfred Nobel
Swedish Scientist
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.
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Mohit Chauhan
Indian Musician
After Silk Route disbanded I came on my own, and through the years, I have sung a few film songs while writing songs for my album.
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Matthew Whitaker
American Public Servant
The Department of Education should be disbanded and the resources either returned to the taxpayers or put into the schools.
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Adnan Pachachi
Iraqi Politician
Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.
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Robert Smith
English Musician
If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.
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