Disband

English

Verb

Disband (third-person singular simple present Disbands, present participle Disbanding, simple past and past participle Disbanded)

1. to break up or cause to cease to exist

   The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.

Synonyms for Disband

disperse, demobilize, dissolve, break up.

Antonyms for Disband

assemble, unite, mobilize.

Thesaurus

break up, deactivate, debrief, decommission, demilitarize, demob, demobilize, detach, dichotomize, disarm, discharge, disintegrate, disjoin, disjoint, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissect, dissever, dissipate, dissolve, disunite, diverge, divide, divorce, go separate ways, let go, muster out, part, part company, reconvert, release, retire, scatter, separate, sever, sheathe the sword, split up, sunder

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Translations

to break up or cause to cease to exist

Bulgarian: разпускам (bg), разформировам (bg) Danish: afskaffe, nedlægge

Dutch: ontbinden (nl) French: démanteler (fr), décommissionner (fr) Hungarian: feloszlat (hu) Polish: zniknąć, rozpłynąć się (pl) n.