Breakaway

Quick meaning: Breakaway is an adjective meaning Having broken away from a larger unit.

Meaning

Having broken away from a larger unit.

More Meanings

1. Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
2. (ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
3. (entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
4. The act of breaking away from something.
5. (cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
6. (boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
7. (ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.

Example Sentences

a breakaway wall

The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.

As Actaeon turned, Melanchaetes / The ringleader of this breakaway trio / Grabbed a rear ankle / In the trap of his jaws.

The breakaway party espouses land expropriation without compensation and sweeping state nationalism, including nationalizing the Reserve Bank.

Word Forms

• breakaways

Synonyms for breakaway

Depending on context, synonyms include weak, independent, separatist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weak, independent, separatist, disengagement, separation, defector.

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