disband
pronunciation
How to pronounce disband in British English:
UK [dɪsˈbænd]
How to pronounce disband in American English:
US [dɪsˈbænd]
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- Verb:
- cause to break up or function
- stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Word Origin
- disband (v.)
- 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), in military sense, from des- (see dis-) + band (v.). Related: Disbanded; disbanding.
Example
- 1. And the courts cannot disband the upper house of egypt 's parliament .
- 2. Standing committees look after a continuing group function ; task forces carry out a specific task , then disband .
- 3. Hamid karzai , afghanistan 's president , ordered private-security firms within the country to disband or demobilise within four months .
- 4. Elsewhere in libya , an array of independent units continue to roam , despite mr abushagur 's order that all militias should disband .
- 5. But jamaicans , worried about bankrolling weaker islands , voted in a referendum to leave , prompting the federation to disband .