disband
Scatter the group
To disband is to break up an organized group, ending its existence as a unit.
Bands disband, armies disband, committees disband.
The word applies to groups that were formally constituted: The task force disbanded after completing its investigation.
Members scatter; the collective identity dissolves.
Disperse into liquid
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- disperseCause to spread apart
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
- scatterDistribute in random directions
split · separate · disassemble · demobilize · deactivate · discontinue · terminate · wind-up
Disband military forces
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- decommissionWithdraw from operational use
- stand-downWithdrawal from combat readiness
- demilitarizationRemoval of armed forces
disarmament · armistice · ceasefire · withdrawal · retreat · redeployment · repatriation · deactivation
Act of leaving another
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
disconnection · rift · schism · disengagement · disunity · disaffiliation · alienation · division
Traveling group of performers
- teamOrganized cooperative unit
- crewWorking team aboard
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- collectiveJointly organized group
assembly · coalition · alliance · federation · league · association · consortium · confederation
dissolve
Disperse into liquid
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- disperseCause to spread apart
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
scatter · split · separate · disassemble · demobilize · deactivate · discontinue · terminate · wind-up · fold
demobilize
Disband military forces
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- decommissionWithdraw from operational use
- stand-downWithdrawal from combat readiness
demilitarization · disarmament · armistice · ceasefire · withdrawal · retreat · redeployment · repatriation · deactivation · peacetime
parting
Act of leaving another
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
severance · disconnection · rift · schism · disengagement · disunity · disaffiliation · alienation · division · fragmentation
troupe
Traveling group of performers
collective · assembly · coalition · alliance · federation · league · association · consortium · confederation · partnership
- demobilizationdemob, demobilize, demobilization, mustering out, discharge papers
- DIS- wordsdisagree, disallow, disbelieve, disapprove, disarray
- separationsseparate, split, break up, parting, sever
- break it upstop, cease, disperse, scatter, split
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- hand rhymesbrand, sand, land, stand, grand
disbandform
Shape or document
assemble · unite · band together · organize · gather
disbandmaintain
Keep in condition
reconstitute · sustain · hold together · perpetuate · preserve