What's the difference between defunct and disband?

Defunct


Definition:

  • (a.) Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.
  • (n.) A dead person; one deceased.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results indicate that the routine use of a defunctioning colostomy at anterior resection should now be questioned.
  • (2) Submucosal microcarcinoids are described in association with diversion colitis in a colon defunctioned for 18 years.
  • (3) A now-defunct Yahoo discussion group supposedly jointly run by "Amina Arraf" was listed under an address in Stone Mountain, Georgia, that public records show is a home owned by MacMaster and Froelicher.
  • (4) Both types of stoma were demonstrated objectively to defunction the distal bowel almost completely.
  • (5) Its investments have included the airline Monarch, which has returned to profit after nearly collapsing a year ago, Morrisons convenience stores , and the now defunct Comet electrical goods chain.
  • (6) Operation in the early stages of management should be confined to the drainage of abscesses, the defunctioning of diseases or disrupted bowel and the formation of feeding enterostomies.
  • (7) He spent 13 years as managing editor of the Sunday Times, up until June 2011 when he was made group managing editor of News Group Newspapers , which at that point meant running the Sun and now defunct News of the World.
  • (8) At the age of two Rodríguez would go to watch the now defunct second division side Cooperamos Tolima train.
  • (9) The five AT cell lines were heterogeneous in the fast component of chromosome break repair, varying from a nearly normal fast repair component in one cell line to a nearly defunct fast repair component in two other AT cell lines.
  • (10) Early in the film, a journalist comes to interview him about his defunct literary career; he berates her for caring (intellectually, Jep is a closet puritan).
  • (11) He was suspended for the entire 2014 season for his part in the Biogenesis scandal , in which MLB players were accused of involvement with performance enhancing drugs allegedly supplied by the now defunct South Florida anti-aging clinic.
  • (12) We also reviewed available data on injuries and diseases from major sources, including the now-defunct Instituto Nacional do Previdencia Social (INPS) and the workers' compensation scheme, Seguro de Acidente de Trabalho (SAT).
  • (13) Mark Lewis, the lawyer who acted for clients including Eriksson, said: “There are many more people who will now be able to make claims against the Mirror Group titles in respect of their unlawful activities.” Lewis is the lawyer who also brought the first successful phone-hacking legal claim against Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World.
  • (14) Between January 1, 1982 and June 30, 1987 a total of 122 patients suffering colorectal cancer (n = 88) or diverticulitis of the colon (n = 24) underwent surgery for construction of a transient defunctioning stoma.
  • (15) Perioperative mortality was high following either primary resection (31%) or fashioning of a defunctioning stoma alone (25%) but was twice as high (40%) in patients over 70 than those under 70 (20%).
  • (16) By contrast, a defunctioning colostomy causes distal hypoplasia, and fewer tumours develop.
  • (17) In an event prompted by the rule that what goes up must come down, the defunct satellite will plummet through the atmosphere, burn and break apart, and scatter hunks of steel, aluminium and titanium over a distance of hundreds of miles.
  • (18) The move by a rival publisher comes as speculation grows among News International staff at Wapping that a Sunday edition of the Sun is being geared up for launch as soon as this weekend to replace the now defunct News of the World.
  • (19) deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid in equal concentration to rat feces (group B) and control material (group C) was instilled in the defunctioned colon.
  • (20) A defunctioning ileostomy may protect the patient against the consequences of anastomotic leakage.

Disband


Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To divorce.
  • (v. i.) To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With the City's regulatory framework being tightened by the coalition government, which is disbanding the FSA and handing control of bank oversight to the Bank of England , there is concern in London that the US politicians are being opportunistic.
  • (2) The officer filmed striking Tomlinson was a member of the territorial support group, which replaced the disbanded SPG in 1987.
  • (3) The Coag Reform Council – which is to be disbanded at the end of this month – painted a mixed picture of health progress over the past five years, with life expectancy lengthening (to 79.9 years for men and 84.3 years for women) but the proportion of those who are obese or overweight is increasing (to 62.7%).
  • (4) Since this dedicated unit was disbanded there has been a significant increase in the numbers of people who are begging, she told the council earlier this year.
  • (5) There is the rigorously landscaped swimming pool complex designed by a young (now disbanded) practice called Paisajes Emergentes, and the extravagantly roofed sports arena designed by Mazzanti, again, and Felipe Mesa.
  • (6) Where : Malaysia Who : The Bersih rallies NGO alert: Cambodia legislation gives government new powers to monitor, fine or disband Read more What’s happening?
  • (7) The group disbanded temporarily in 1985, the Wembley Live Aid appearance being the last performance by this lineup.
  • (8) The City regulator faced further uncertainty this morning as chief executive Hector Sants announced his resignation just months before a general election that could result in the disbandment of the Financial Services Authority.
  • (9) These parties, with an electoral pact, could win an election to form a one-term coalition to introduce a fair form of proportional representation, after which they could disband.
  • (10) Corbyn had accused Nato of being an expansionist body that should have been disbanded at the end of the cold war.
  • (11) Malema became known as tough, playing dirty against those who opposed him for office, disbanding branches of the organisation that did not support him and at times taking to his opponents with his fists.
  • (12) As late as April 2008, serious discussions were held over whether to disband the force entirely and start again.
  • (13) The team of regional advisers and rough sleeper and youth specialists which have provided councils with expert guidance on meeting statutory homelessness duties since 2007 will be disbanded just as the bedroom tax comes in.
  • (14) The Brotherhood denies negotiating with the military, but some sources suggest senior Brotherhood officials have contemplated a compromise that would see the camp disbanded in exchange for the release of senior Muslim Brothers from prison.
  • (15) These were: the immediate lifting of the 30-year emergency law; the immediate release of all political prisoners; the annulment of the current constitution and all amendments; the disbandment of the present parliament, the Shura (consultative) council and regional councils; and, within nine months, to hold a free and fair election in which all political forces can participate, to be run by a national government under an independent presidential council.
  • (16) Local media has since reported the new attorney general, Ano Pala, was under instruction to disband Investigative Taskforce Sweep, something the head of the taskforce, Sam Koim, said was true.
  • (17) Salim Jabar, one of Libya's most popular television preachers, has demanded the women's team disband, saying it was against the strictures of Islam.
  • (18) While the NDP was disbanded and its offices shut down in 2011, months after an uprising toppled the autocratic Mubarak, its members could still run in elections.
  • (19) Corrupt officers based at the now disbanded unit were known as the "groovy gang".
  • (20) The force previously served as former president Viktor Yanukovich's shock troops but was officially disbanded after clashing with protesters at the Euromaidan demonstrations in Kiev.