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Vinony

disband

verb

  1. separate into constituent pieces
  2. to take or come apart, dissolve, break up
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Pronunciation: /dɪsˈbænd/

verb

Etymology: 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.

  1. To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.

    “The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.”

    “I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.”

  2. To loose the bands of; to set free.
  3. To divorce.

    “And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded.”