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as in to dissolve
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization the university disbanded the committee after the report had been submitted the rock group disbanded upon finishing their farewell tour

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Recent Examples of disband Before disbanding in 1996, the trio established itself as one of the pillars of the New Jack Swing movement, earning five No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025 Offset established himself as a bankable musician through his work with the Georgia hip-hop group Migos, which disbanded in 2023. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025 Attorney General Pam Bondi, on her first day in office, disbanded efforts to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs, breaking up Biden-era programs known as Task Force Klepto Capture and the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2025 The executive committee then disbanded the program committee. Maggie Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disband

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“Disband.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disband. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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