Associations to the word «Disband»

Wiktionary

DISBAND, verb. To break up or cause to cease to exist.
DISBAND, verb. (obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
DISBAND, verb. (obsolete) To divorce.

Dictionary definition

DISBAND, verb. Cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization".
DISBAND, verb. Stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats