disband
To break up or cease to existTo break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
» The group disbanded.
Die Gruppe löste sich auf.
Meaning
3 senses(ambitransitive)To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.
auflösen
распуска́тьraspuskátʹ, распусти́тьraspustítʹ, расформиро́выватьrasformiróvyvatʹ
cause to break up or cease to function
(obsolete, transitive)To loose the bands of; to set free.
(obsolete, transitive)To divorce.
Examples
11 sentencesThe group disbanded.
deDie Gruppe löste sich auf.
My reading group voted to disband.
That same year, the group disbanded.
I hear that popular group will be disbanded.
They should be disbanded.
ruИх следует распустить.
Translations
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Origin
Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des-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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Forms
disbands, disbanding, disbanded, disbandedSynonyms
1 synonyms- stop functioning or cohering as a unit:dissolve
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle