disband
[dis'bænd]
vt. 解散, 遣散

vi. 被解散

[] 解散, 解除

1. The school was disbanded at noon.
   校午被解散。
2. The regiment disbanded when the war was over.
   战束，团解散。
3. The army was disbanded when the war came to an end.
   战束，即被解散。

disband
[ verb ]

1. cause to break up or cease to function

<verb.motion>
the principal disbanded the political student organization

2. stop functioning or cohering as a unit

<verb.motion> dissolve
The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting

Disband \Dis*band"\, v. i.
To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered;
especially, to quit military service by breaking up
organization.

When both rocks and all things shall disband.
--Herbert.

Human society would in a short space disband.
--Tillotson.


Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis- +
band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d['e]bander, to unbind, unbend.
See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.]
1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to
scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of;
especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to
disband an army.

They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to
his own dwelling. --Knolles.

2. To divorce. [Obs.]

And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded.
--Milton.