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disbands

disbands is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about disbands

What is disbands the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disbands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disband.

Words near disbands in the dictionary

  1. disbanders
  2. disbanding
  3. disbandings
  4. disbandment
  5. disbandments
  6. disbands
  7. disbar
  8. disbark
  9. disbarked
  10. disbarking
  11. disbarks

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