disband

Verb

Verb Forms: disbanded, disbanding, disbands

To break up an organized group or association.
cause to break up or cease to function
- "the principal disbanded the political student organization"
stop functioning or cohering as a unit
To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
To loose the bands of; to set free.
To divorce.

Examples

I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.
The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
The Words With Friends team had to disband after consistent losses to a rival.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

dissolve

Scrabble Score: 11

disband: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
disband: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disband: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

disband: valid Words With Friends Word