Synonyms of disbanded

disbanded

verb

past tense of disband

1

as in dissolved

to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization

the university disbanded the committee after the report had been submitted

the rock group disbanded upon finishing their farewell tour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dissolved
• dispersed
• broke up
• demobilized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joined
• united
• incorporated
• banded
• consolidated
• hung together

2

as in dispersed

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart

police disbanded the rioters with tear gas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dispersed
• scattered
• dissipated
• dispelled
• isolated
• squandered
• separated
• segregated
• cleared out
• split (up)
• disseminated
• diffused
• parted
• broke up
• diverged
• spread

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assembled
• collected
• gathered
• concentrated
• clustered
• congregated
• united
• ingathered
• unified
• agglutinated
• conglomerated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disbanded

Someone who has seen these messages told me that another theme in the chat, which disbanded in January because its members had begun to quarrel, was an impulse to expand into broader anti-labor activities. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

The city government is also restarting the interagency Security Infrastructure Working Group, which Mamdani said was disbanded in 2024. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026

Cobain died by suicide on April 5, 1994, and afterwards, Nirvana’s surviving members disbanded. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026

The Justice Department, for instance, decimated its elite Public Integrity Section in early 2025 while the FBI disbanded a white-collar fraud and public corruption squad based out of its Washington field office. — Patrick Whittle, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

The instantly recognizable alt-rock group, whose lead instrumentation included baritone sax and two-string fretless bass, disbanded after the 1999 death of vocalist-bassist Mark Sandman. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026

The Justice Department, for instance, decimated its elite Public Integrity Section in early 2025 and the FBI disbanded a white-collar fraud and public corruption squad based out of its Washington field office. — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Although the group disbanded and reunited on several occasions with different lineups, Anderson was always the frontman. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026

The last team to do that against opponents that won less than 20% of their games the previous season, according to OptaSTATS, was the 1928 Racine Tornadoes, who disbanded after playing only one more game. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026