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Added 5 October 2026

disband

/dɪsˈbænd/ verb

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To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
To loose the bands of; to set free.
To divorce.

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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