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disbandment

/dis-band/US // dɪsˈbænd //UK // (dɪsˈbænd) //

解散,遣散,解体,解除

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to break up or dissolve: They disbanded the corporation.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to disperse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indissolution

Examples

  • Ordering his men to disband, he promised to divide all their treasure equitably.

  • The Democracy Defense Coalition has been disbanded, though the Fight Back Table lives on.

  • Former Police Chief Bill Lansdowne quietly disbanded the team in the early 2000s, citing budget constraints.

  • Terms of peace were agreed on; and one of the stipulations between the two states was the disbandment of the Sikh force.

  • It fulfilled its mission, and as soon as it became evident that this was the case General Forrest ordered its disbandment.

  • Disbandment was the ultimate fate of the three-year regiment which had gone out under Col. Cowdin.

  • As the disbandment had been intended for punitive purposes merely, encouragement was held out for the companies to reorganize.

  • This is admirably instanced, just now, by the return and disbandment of the soldiers from South Africa.