disband

Meaning

  1. To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
  2. (obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
  3. (obsolete) To divorce.

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28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪsˈbænd/
Etymology

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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