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DISBANDMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disbandment mean? 

DISBANDMENT (noun)
  The noun DISBANDMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of disbandingplay

  Familiarity information: DISBANDMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISBANDMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of disbanding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the orchestra faced the prospect of disbandment

Hypernyms ("disbandment" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Derivation:

disband (stop functioning or cohering as a unit)

disband (cause to break up or cease to function)


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