disincorporate
Verb (transitive): - To dissolve a legally incorporated body or organization: "disincorporate" means to formally end the existence of a corporation, guild, society, or other legally recognized group, revoking its corporate status and privileges. - To disband or break up: In a broader sense, it can refer to the act of causing a group or association to cease operating as a unified entity.
- (They formally ended the corporation's legal existence.)
- (They dissolved the group as a legal entity.)
- (They planned to revoke the union's corporate status.)
"to disincorporate a business": to legally terminate a company's incorporation, often through a formal process of liquidation or dissolution.
- After the merger, the smaller firm was disincorporated to simplify the corporate structure. (Its legal status as a separate entity was ended.)
"to disincorporate a municipality": to dissolve a town or city's legal status as a incorporated area, often due to population decline or administrative reorganization.
- The rural community voted to disincorporate and become an unincorporated area. (They ended its legal status as a town.)
Disincorporation (noun): the act or process of dissolving an incorporated body.
- The disincorporation of the society required a formal vote by its members. (The process of ending its corporate status.)
Incorporated (adjective): formed into a legal corporation.
- The business was incorporated in 1995. (It was legally established as a corporation.)
Reincorporate (verb): to incorporate again after being dissolved.
- The group decided to reincorporate under a new name. (They formed a new corporation.)
- Dissolve: to formally end the existence of an organization.
- Disband: to break up a group or organization.
- Liquidate: to close a business by selling its assets and paying debts.
- Terminate: to bring to an end.
- Disincorporate from: to separate from a larger incorporated body.
- The district voted to disincorporate from the city. (The district formally left the city's jurisdiction.)
- To be disincorporated into thin air: to vanish or cease to exist as a legal entity without trace.
- After the scandal, the charity was disincorporated into thin air. (It was dissolved completely and disappeared.)