DISBAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does disband mean?
• DISBAND (verb)
The verb DISBAND has 2 senses:
1. cause to break up or cease to function
2. stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Familiarity information: DISBAND used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISBAND (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to break up or cease to function
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the principal disbanded the political student organization
Hypernyms (to "disband" is one way to...):
break up; dispel; disperse; dissipate; scatter (to cause to separate and go in different directions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
disband; dissolve
Context example:
The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
Hypernyms (to "disband" is one way to...):
break up (come apart)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
