disbandment
Official group ending
Disbandment is the act of breaking up an organized group—a military unit, a committee, a band.
When an organization disbands, its members scatter and it ceases to exist as a formal entity: The disbandment of the task force left several investigations incomplete.
The word implies deliberate dissolution rather than gradual decline.
Act of ending something
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
discontinuation · dispersal · cessation · liquidation · disestablishment · windup · shutdown · unraveling
Ending wartime military readiness
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demilitarizationRemoval of armed forces
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
stand-down · drawdown · deactivation · redeployment · disarming · peacebuilding · post-service · reconversion
Spreading in many directions
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- partingAct of leaving another
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
detachment · disconnection · disaffiliation · fragmentation · splitting · divergence · decoupling · disunity
Release of substance outward
- releaseTo let go
- liberationRelease from constraint
- dismissalRemoval from position
- freeingReleasing from confinement
relieving · separation · retirement · departure · layoff · severance
termination
Act of ending something
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
dismantling · discontinuation · dispersal · cessation · liquidation · disestablishment · windup · shutdown · unraveling · collapse
demobilization
Ending wartime military readiness
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demilitarizationRemoval of armed forces
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
discharge · stand-down · drawdown · deactivation · redeployment · disarming · peacebuilding · post-service · reconversion
dispersal
Spreading in many directions
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- partingAct of leaving another
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
disengagement · detachment · disconnection · disaffiliation · fragmentation · splitting · divergence · decoupling · disunity · schism
discharge
Release of substance outward
- releaseTo let go
- liberationRelease from constraint
- dismissalRemoval from position
freeing · relieving · separation · retirement · departure · layoff · severance
- demobilizationdemob, demobilize, demobilization, mustering out, discharge papers
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, liquidation, wind down, disintegration
- divisiondivision, divide, divided, dividing, split
- ceasefirestruce, armistice, ceasefire line, ceasefire violation, Christmas truce
- liquidationliquidation, winding up, winding-up, liquidator, company closure
- Visual Keihide, Versailles, elaborate costumes, teased hair, platform boots
disbandmentformation
Creation or arrangement
founding · establishment · creation · organization · constitution
disbandmentassembly
Constructing from components
gathering · mobilization · muster · congregation · concentration