disband
verb (used with object)
to break up or dissolve (an organization).
had disbanded
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past perfectof disband.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The group, which had disbanded for 15 years, first announced a reunion tour in 2021 and played a single date before canceling the tour because of what the group said were pandemic-related difficulties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024
Salesforce also said it had disbanded its M.&A. board committee, ending a business strategy that focused on takeovers for growth.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Several days earlier, the opposition group he headed, Open Russia, had disbanded to protect its members from prosecution after Russian authorities designated it as an “undesirable” organization.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
She had disbanded the Japanese Red Army five years earlier while awaiting trial, saying she would seek new fights within the law.
From BBC ● May 27, 2022
In the months that followed, she returned to the temperance organizations that she had helped to organize just a few years before, but she found that many of the groups had disbanded.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
