disband

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to break up an organized group or cause it to stop operating

   The government agreed to disband the militia after the peace settlement.

From Middle French desbander, formed from des-, 'apart,' + bande, 'band or troop,' ultimately related to the idea of binding. English disband originally meant to release troops from their organized band and later broadened to any organized group.

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