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disband

[ dis-band ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

disband

/ dɪsˈbænd /

Origin of disband¹

1585–95; < Middle French desbander, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + -bander, derivative of bande troop, band ¹

Odessa experts and politicians do not expect either camp to disband before the presidential elections in May.

After the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libyan leaders promised to quickly to disband militias.

Without jobs, it will be harder to persuade young men to give up their weapons and to disband their militias.

It will not be easy to persuade militias to disband with payback sentiments like those.

Without work, many militiamen will have little incentive to disband.

He is a groomsman; but the party disband to-morrow; only Miss Morris attending the young couple to their home up the country.

At once the friction in the women's club developed, till it seemed wise to disband it.

Col. Sumner ordered John Brown to give up his prisoners, and disband his men.

One of the chief reasons that juvenile clubs often disband for lack of interest is because nothing is laid out for them to do.

He was then sent back to formally disband the company, which he did July 28, and they were dishonorably discharged.

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