Definitions
stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Word origin
Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). By surface analysis, dis- + band.
Used in a sentence
“The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.”
“I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.”
“Having taken a review of his Army at Ardachan, he disbanded his Army, and he himself continu'd his Journey to Erzirum”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Break up a group”7 letters
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