disband

== English == === Etymology === Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). By surface analysis, dis- +‎ band. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈbænd/ Rhymes: -ænd === Verb === disband (third-person singular simple present disbands, present participle disbanding, simple past and past participle disbanded) (ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse. (transitive, obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free. (transitive, obsolete) To divorce. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== disbandment ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Sindbad