disband

disband
    v 1: cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal
         disbanded the political student organization"
    2: stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing
       of the party dissolved after much internal fighting" [syn:
       {disband}, {dissolve}]
    

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.
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            They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to
            his own dwelling.                     --Knolles.
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   2. To divorce. [Obs.]
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            And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded.
                                                  --Milton.
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Disband \Dis*band"\, v. i.
   To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered;
   especially, to quit military service by breaking up
   organization.
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         When both rocks and all things shall disband.
                                                  --Herbert.
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         Human society would in a short space disband.
                                                  --Tillotson.
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "disband":
      break up, deactivate, debrief, decommission, demilitarize, demob,
      demobilize, detach, dichotomize, disarm, discharge, disintegrate,
      disjoin, disjoint, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissect,
      dissever, dissipate, dissolve, disunite, diverge, divide, divorce,
      go separate ways, let go, muster out, part, part company,
      reconvert, release, retire, scatter, separate, sever,
      sheathe the sword, split up, sunder