Ophouden and stoppen are synonims!

See:

cease²
( onovergankelijk werkwoord )
( formeel )
ophouden
tot een eind komen, stoppen
context
all hostilities ceased
er kwam een eind aan alle vijandelijkheden
spreekwoord(en)
wonders never cease
de wonderen zijn de wereld (nog) niet uit

cease³
( overgankelijk werkwoord )
( formeel )
beëindigen
staken, ophouden met, uitscheiden met
context
cease to exist
ophouden te bestaan
cease fire!
staakt het vuren!
cease from working
stoppen met werken
the factory has ceased making sewing-machines
de fabriek maakt geen naaimachines meer


Encarta:

dis·band [diss bánd ] (past dis·band·ed, past participle

dis·band·ed, present participle dis·band·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·bands) vti
split up: to break up as a group or organization, or to cause a group or organization to break up

dis·band·ment noun

English phraseology:

ceased existence
was disbanded

Wetenschap 1
... na korte tijd waardoor het aantal leden van de American Society of Dental Surgeons
dramatisch verminderde en in 1856 werd deze ORGANISATIE OPGEHEVEN. ...
www.amalgaam-site.tmfweb.nl/Wetenschap 1.htm

Shayne's Dental Site-->History of Dentistry-->Western Dentistry ...
... rescinded but it was too late. At the annual meeting scheduled for August 1, 1856,
the American Society of Dental Surgeons WAS DISBANDED for lack of a quorum. ...
www.dental-site.itgo.com/westerndent1750.htm
[PDF] www.ivlv.de/Download/PDF/IVLVSatzEng.pdf
... or to amend the by-laws. The disbandment of the organisation can only take place
if the resolution to do so was made. This meeting only has a quorum if two ...
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[PDF] www.ivlv.de/Download/PDF/FoGeSatzEng.pdf
... organisation. In the event of the cessation of membership or the disbandment of
the organisation itself, the member will be entitled to no more than payment ...
Text version

Hope I am not too late.

D.