Crossword clues for disband
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disband \Dis*band"\, v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.
When both rocks and all things shall disband.
--Herbert.
Human society would in a short space disband.
--Tillotson.
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.
--Knolles. -
To divorce. [Obs.]
And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded.
--Milton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To break up or cause to cease to exist. 2 (context obsolete English) To loose the bands of; to set free. 3 (context obsolete English) To divorce.
WordNet
v. cause to break up or function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"
stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn: dissolve]
Wikipedia
Disband was an all-female performance group in New York City from 1978–1982. Modeled after a rock band, the members were artists rather than musicians. The band's sound was a type of a cappella No Wave. Disband performed mostly at art venues like Franklin Furnace, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and Hallwalls. Disband was popular with the Feminist art audience due to songs like "Every Girl", "Hey Baby", and "Fashions".
In 2008, Disband reunited to perform at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center as part of the exhibition "Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution.". This show originated at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
The core members of Disband were Ilona Granet, Donna Henes, Ingrid Sischy, Dianne Torr, and Martha Wilson. Early band members included Barbara Ess, Daile Kaplan, and Barbara Kruger who wrote a couple of their songs.
Besides their roles as artists, the members were active in the downtown scene. Ilona Granet, Barbara Ess and Daile Kaplan played in other bands like Static, the Y Pants, and The Gynecologists. Martha Wilson was the founder of Franklin Furnace, an exhibition space. Ingrid Sischy was editor of Artforum and Interview.
Disband (stylized as disBand) is a Canadian reality show that was produced and broadcast by MuchMusic that gave aspiring music acts a chance to get big industry attention. It was hosted by either Sarah Taylor or Devon Soltendieck and was usually narrated by the lead singer of the featuring band.
Disband may refer to:
- Disband (TV series) stylized as disBand, show on MuchMusic
- Disband (band), American band
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Usage examples of "disband".
Both Federalists and Republicans in Congress, seeing no reason why Adams should get the credit, voted to disband the army by summer.
Had Hamilton been given free reign with the army, Adams would remark, it would have required a second army to disband the first one.
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The Perthshire, Clackmannanshire, and Kinross-shire Yeomanries were also disbanded at this time.
Space Patrol is being disbanded as of now until such time as another threat to the galaxy brings us forth to scour the evildoer from the stars and the space between the stars.
The rest of the Fanti forces had been disbanded, as being utterly useless for fighting purposes, and had been turned into carriers.
Mahratta troops were disbanded: and a British contingent, consisting of seven regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, was to be maintained in the country at the cost of the Gwalior government, which government was also to pay forthwith the expenses of the campaign.
I was kidnapped while a guest of an illegal colony here, founded by the disbanded Occitan Legion.
Rome early in December, Metellus Pius finally crossed the Alps into Italian Gaul with his army, which he proceeded to disband before settling its troops in the wide rich lands to the north of the Padus River.
When finally he was released it was because the Pompeian broom was so imminent that the settlement had no alternative than to disband.
Light Car Patrols, which did such a splendid job against the Senussi, are being disbanded, and nobody in the military gives a curse about maintaining the desert roads.
Mecser, after the fall of the Dual Monarchy and the disbanding of the Army, reported to duty at the counter revolutionary nationalist government formed at Szeged and participated in the reorganization of the national army.
But when the Akkadians conquered, the Children of Yisra-el were dispersed and flung to the winds, their Twelve Tribes disbanded, Ten of the Twelve lost and the purity of their mother-tongue diffused.
He was feeling anger, bitter anger, that his men, who had fought for those flags, who had suffered, whose comrades were in unmarked graves on a dozen battlefields would be broken up, disbanded.
XIV Thus speaking, the trooped apparitions Began to disband And resolve them in two: Those whose record was lovely and true Bore to northward for home: those of bitter traditions Again left the land, XV And, towering to seaward in legions, They paused at a spot Overbending the Race - That engulphing, ghast, sinister place - Whither headlong they plunged, to the fathomless regions Of myriads forgot.