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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 disbanding
Familiarity information: DISBANDMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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