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disbanded

disbanded is the simple past and past participle of disband.

Meaning of disband

Verb

disband (third-person singular simple present disbands, present participle disbanding, simple past and past participle disbanded)

  1. (ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
    • The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To loose the bands of; to set free.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To divorce.
    • And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Words formed from disbanded

Questions about disbanded

What is disbanded the simple past and past participle of?
Disbanded is the simple past and past participle of disband.

Words near disbanded in the dictionary

  1. disbalancements
  2. disbalances
  3. disbalancing
  4. disband
  5. disbandable
  6. disbanded
  7. disbander
  8. disbanders
  9. disbanding
  10. disbandings
  11. disbandment

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