† disbandonv.
Obsolete. rare.
= disband v.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (intransitive)] > disband
disband1598
breaka1616
disbandon1640
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > levy or mobilize > disband
cash1564
cashier1580
disband1591
reform1604
reduce1637
disbandon1640
disembody1762
demobilize1850
immobilize1871
demob1919
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 24 Sept. (1855) 48 Thair sogers are disbandoning for want of manteanment.
1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. ii. 74 The King writ unto him to disbandon his forces.
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