verb (used with object)
- to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
verb (used without object)
- to disperse.
verb
- to cease to function or cause to stop functioning, as a unit, group, etc
1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), in military sense, from des- (see dis-) + band (v.). Related: Disbanded; disbanding.