disband

English

Etymology

1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Surface analysis dis- +‎ band.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈbænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Verb

disband (third-person singular simple present disbands, present participle disbanding, simple past and past participle disbanded)

  1. To break up or cause to cease to exist.
    The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
    • Knolles
      They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling.
  2. (obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
  3. (obsolete) To divorce.
    • Milton
      And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded.

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References

  1. ↑ “disband” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

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