disbandment

noun

Definition of disbandmentnext
as in dispersion
an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered the disbandment of the crowd at the end of the outdoor rock concert

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Recent Examples of disbandment The mayor advocated for the disbandment of SRG during his campaign. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026 The Apple Car, which could have been that product, was a giant failure with several changes of direction and eventual disbandment. — Vitaliy Katsenelson, Fortune, 14 May 2026 The disbandment — even temporary — of the gang units in one of the city’s busiest police divisions is an extraordinary step, but one that some observers argued was necessary. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Former chairperson Yeung Sum in Sunday's news conference said the party's disbandment indicated the regression of Hong Kong from being a free and liberal society. — Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2025 After the police disbandment measure failed, O'Hara joined the bureaucracy of a deeply progressive city that is regularly buffeted by political battles between the mayor and the City Council, and among council members. — ABC News, 28 May 2026 Months later, in June 2005, Destiny's Child announced their disbandment amid a world tour and performed their final concert in Vancouver, Canada, in September 2005. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 Weir contributed rhythm guitar and vocals for the group for over three decades until the group’s disbandment in 1995 following Garcia’s death (save for a period in 1968, where he and McKernan were left off of the roster following band disputes). — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026 Marking their first official tour since their disbandment in 2010, the group will be joined by special guests Mya and Lil’ Kim for 53 dates, kicking off at the Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California, on June 5. — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2026
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  1. dispersion
  2. dispersal
  3. scattering
Noun
  • Adidas Virginia Watermoc is a slip-on shoe with all the appearances of grip and water dispersion.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • When this happens, the oven continues to generate microwaves that rapidly change frequency as the power dies off over a fraction of a second, mimicking dispersion.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
Definition of dispersion
Noun
  • About half of the arrests were people who remained on the Peninsula after police issued a dispersal order, authorities said.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The Israeli military told NPR that during an operation in Nablus, Palestinians had thrown rocks at the soldiers who responded with what the military called crowd-dispersal measures and later with live fire.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 26 June 2026
Definition of dispersal
Noun
  • The result was a scattering of highly radioactive material across a 600-km (373-mile) area in Canada, from Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories southeastward into portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
    — David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
  • What links certain mathematical models of traffic flow, shallow-water waves, and quantum particle scattering?
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026
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“Disbandment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbandment. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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