The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbanding.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d['e]bander, to unbind, unbend. See Band, and cf. Disbend, Disbind.]
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To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army.
They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling.
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To divorce. [Obs.]
And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of disband English)
Usage examples of "disbanding".
Their machine structures were formidable—in this limited context the circle was coming to understand the concept of machine—and the aliens possessed matter-affecting devices they termed "weapons" that could cause their ships to disassemble like disbanding Bands, and planetoids to break apart as though smashed by meteorites.
It is possible that you studied that concept, and mastered it, and suffered a near disbanding that damaged your memory without, ironically, eliminating the concept.
The survivors did not take this too seriously, for they considered disbanding to be but an act of transformation, of return with news to the Viscous Circle.
Death in the form of disbanding did not much alarm her, but the presence of grotesque monsters did.
And beside him others were disbanding, going to their mythical reward.
Yet his Band companions were not aware of this, and were disbanding in droves.
Not again, Rondl hoped, would he lose half his party to disbanding without accomplishing anything.
I want no more Bands getting into situations beyond their endurance and disbanding at critical moments.
Now everyone knew that there was an alternative to mass disbanding as the Monsters advanced.
I realized that the strain of this unsocial campaign has been very great, and that you bore up under it without disbanding, as no other Band could do, but that it had finally been too much for you and your aura had taken leave of your body.
She had escaped disbanding, because she had joined the other circle before the lie.
And if he did train new Bands—what would prevent them from disbanding when faced with the necessity for effective action, as these had done?
Was there a way to kill a Band in the guise of making love, perhaps by means of some horrible thought that would force reflexive disbanding, and was that what she planned to do?
Their machine structures were formidable-in this limited context the circle was coming to understand the concept of machine-and the aliens possessed matter-affecting devices they termed "weapons" that could cause their ships to disassemble like disbanding Bands, and planetoids to break apart as though smashed by meteorites.
And if he did train new Bands-what would prevent them from disbanding when faced with the necessity for effective action, as these had done?