(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.
Dismiss
Definition:
(v. t.) To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
(v. t.) To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
(v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
(n.) Dismission.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this book, he dismisses Freud's idea of penis envy - "Freud got it spectacularly wrong" - and said "women don't envy the penis.
(2) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
(3) Whenever you are ill and a medicine is prescribed for you and you take the medicine until balance is achieved in you and then you put that medicine down.” Farrakhan does not dismiss the doctrine of the past, but believes it is no longer appropriate for the present.
(4) But employers who have followed a fair procedure may have the right to discipline or finally dismiss any smoker who refuses to accept the new rules.
(5) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(6) They also dismiss those who suggest that the current record-low interest rates mean countries could safely stimulate growth by raising their borrowing levels higher: Economists simply have little idea how long it will be until rates begin to rise.
(7) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
(8) They have not remotely done this so far, largely from fear of domestic political consequences that cannot be simply dismissed.
(9) The prime minister sent back a letter dismissing his allegations.
(10) Francis dismissed the suggestion that changing the fine defaulting policy would significantly reduce the prisoner population, saying defaulters made up less than 0.4% of the total prison population, both male and female.
(11) But the rest of Israeli society has its own reasons to dismiss Bibi.
(12) His employer, Billund city council, has denied that obesity was among the reasons for Kaltoft’s dismissal.
(13) Activists, who claim they are the enemies of patriarchy, dismiss allegations of sexual abuse as a CIA conspiracy.
(14) Jeremain Lens, signed from Dynamo Kyiv, was fortunate to escape dismissal for a second yellow card, while Yann M’Vila, on loan from Rubin Kazan, followed his headbutt in the reserves by raising arms to Graham Dorrans during an unpunished, but unwise, bout of push ’n’ shove.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest May dismisses reports of frosty dinner with EU chief as ‘Brussels gossip’ The EU delegation are said to have wondered whether Davis might still be in his post following the general election.
(16) The difficulty has been increased with the recent Supreme Court decision which it ruled the Alien Tort Claims Act does not apply outside of the country and dismissed a case against Royal Dutch Shell.
(17) The dismissals were prompted by their participation in a racist orgy during what was supposed to be a goodwill trip to the homeland of the club’s billionaire owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
(18) Another senior member of Abdullah's team dismissed the audit as a sham.
(19) We can confirm that Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal has been denied … The court dismissed the application for leave to appeal because there are are no prospects of success,” Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority, told reporters.
(20) When physicians dismiss illness because ascertainable "disease" is absent, they fail to meet their socially assigned responsibility.