breakaway
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Definition
Adjective:
- Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude: Describes a group or faction that has physically or ideologically split from a larger organization, often to form a new, independent one. It implies a decisive and often contentious separation.
Noun:
- The act of breaking away or withdrawing from: The event or process of separating from a larger group, organization, or established pattern.
- A breaking away from family and neighborhood: Can describe a social or personal separation from traditional ties or environments.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The breakaway republic declared its independence after a long conflict.
- A breakaway faction of the political party formed its own coalition with a new manifesto.
Noun:
- The breakaway of several key members weakened the original union.
- His move to the city was a symbolic breakaway from his rural upbringing.
Advanced Usage
- In sports, particularly cycling or hockey, a "breakaway" refers to a competitor or a small group that surges ahead of the main pack.
- The cyclist made a decisive breakaway in the final kilometer to win the race.
- In geology, a "breakaway" can describe a point where a piece of land has separated, such as a cliff face that has collapsed.
- The landslide started at a major breakaway on the mountain's slope.
Variants and Related Words
- Break away (phrasal verb): To separate from a group or to escape.
- Several countries decided to break away from the federation.
- Breakaway group/nation/faction (compound noun): Common collocations using the adjective form to specify the separating entity.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Separatist, splinter, dissident, renegade.
- Noun: Secession, defection, split, withdrawal, departure.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Break away: To detach or separate oneself.
- She felt the need to break away from the company's outdated practices.
- Break off: To end a relationship or connection abruptly. (Note: This is a distinct phrasal verb with a similar concept of separation).
- The negotiations broke off after no agreement was reached.
Related Idioms
- Make a clean break: To separate from someone or something completely and finally, often to start anew. This idiom shares the core concept of a decisive separation found in "breakaway."
- After the divorce, he moved abroad to make a clean break from his past.
Adjective
- having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
- a breakaway faction
Noun
- the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
- there was a breakaway by the discontented members
- a breaking away from family and neighborhood