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DISBAND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stop functioning or cohering as a unit

Example:

The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting

Synonyms:

disband; dissolve

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "disband" is one way to...):

break up (come apart)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

disbandment (the act of disbanding)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to break up or cease to function

Example:

the principal disbanded the political student organization

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

Derivation:

disbandment (the act of disbanding)

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