 break_away |
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| 1. | [ verb ] move away or escape suddenly | |
| Synonyms: | break break_out | |
| Examples: | "The horses broke from the stable" "Three inmates broke jail" "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" |
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| Related terms: | escape break | |
| 2. | [ verb ] break off; of a piece from a whole | |
| Synonyms: | chip break_off come_off chip_off | |
| Examples: | "Her tooth chipped" |
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| Related terms: | separate peel_off exfoliate bit | |
| 3. | [ verb ] withdraw from an organization or communion | |
| Synonyms: | secede splinter | |
| Examples: | "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" |
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| Related terms: | separate breakaway | |
| 4. | [ verb ] interrupt a continued activity | |
| Synonyms: | break | |
| Examples: | "She had broken with the traditional patterns" |
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| Related terms: | separate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting | |
| Synonyms: | break | |
| Examples: | "break the loaf of bread" "break the crackers" |
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| Related terms: | divide separate pause | |
| 6. | [ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | |
| Synonyms: | run run_away lam head_for_the_hills hightail_it fly_the_coop bunk escape turn_tail take_to_the_woods scarper | |
| Examples: | "If you see this man, run!" "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
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| Related terms: | leave flee skedaddle fugitive | |
| Similar spelling: |
breakaway Breakey |
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