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disband

dis·band

UK/dɪsˈbænd/ US/dɪˈsbænd/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

cause to break up or function

  • “the principal disbanded the political student organization”
2.

stop functioning or cohering as a unit

  • “The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting”
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Origin

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.

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