Disbanded
Retired and disbanded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retired" instead a verb "Disbanded".
Nearby Word: disbanding
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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This trope is actually the reason Captain Cold, who had been retired at that point, reformed the Rogues after they disbanded; his only family, his sister Lisa, had just been killed.
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Civilian Villain: After the Brotherhood had disbanded (and with most of his old teammates either depowered, dead or M.I.A), he retired as a terrorist and became a bartender in San Francisco.
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In X-Men: Days of Future Past, Wolverine calls Hank (who has essentially retired from superheroics due to the X-Men having disbanded) Beast and "Beastie" several times to try and goad him into a fight.
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