Meaning & use
disband
To officially stop existing as an organized group, or to cause a group to break up.
See it in a sentence
The band decided to disband after their farewell tour ended last summer.
The committee was disbanded once the investigation reached its final conclusion.
A note on using this word
Disband applies to organized groups like bands, committees, or armies, not to informal gatherings of people.
Words with a similar meaning
dissolvebreak up
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Words with an opposite meaning
formestablish
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