[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

disband \disband"\ ?; see dis-, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   disbanded; p. pr.  vb. n. disbanding. pref. dis- +
   band: cf. of. desbander, f. d'ebander, to unbind, unbend.
   see band, and cf. disbend, disbind.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            they disbanded themselves and returned, every man to
            his own dwelling.                     --knolles.
      1913 webster

   2. to divorce. obs.
      1913 webster

            and therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
dis- disbanded disbanding band disbend disbind 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

disband \disband"\, v. i.
   to become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered;
   especially, to quit military service by breaking up
   organization.
   1913 webster

         when both rocks and all things shall disband.
                                                  --herbert.
   1913 webster

         human society would in a short space disband.
                                                  --tillotson.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

disband
     v 1: cause to break up or function; "the principal disbanded the
          political student organization"
     2: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "the political wing
        of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" syn:
         dissolve
see also:
dissolve 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 moby thesaurus words for "disband":
   break up, deactivate, debrief, decommission, demilitarize, demob,
   demobilize, detach, dichotomize, disarm, discharge, disintegrate,
   disjoin, disjoint, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissect,
   dissever, dissipate, dissolve, disunite, diverge, divide, divorce,
   go separate ways, let go, muster out, part, part company,
   reconvert, release, retire, scatter, separate, sever,
   sheathe the sword, split up, sunder

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