ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Breakaway

/ˈbɹeɪkəweɪ/ · adjective

Meaning

Having broken away from a larger unit..

Definitions by Sense

Having broken away from a larger unit.
Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
(entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
The act of breaking away from something.
(cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
(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.
(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.

Example Sentences

The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.

1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions

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

[…] the Sunday Times said some 20 MPs are ready to form a breakaway party if Mrs Leadsom is elected as leader over Home Secretary Theresa May […]

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

a breakaway wall

In Hollywood, rehearsing for his show, Red Skelton plunged headlong into a "breakaway" door. It didn't break, and Red was hospitalized with concussion and a mild case of shock.

2016, Scott Feschuk, "Counting down the most annoying in video review, by sport," sportsnet.ca, 10 July, 2016, http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/counting-annoying-video-review-sport/ In a league starved for scoring, the challenge ensures that some super-sweet breakaway goals will be overturned because a dude was three microns offside.

Word Forms

breakaways

Synonyms for breakaway

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does breakaway mean?

Breakaway means Having broken away from a larger unit..

What is a synonym for breakaway?

Common synonyms include weak, independent, separatist, breaking away.

What is the opposite of breakaway?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use breakaway in a sentence?

The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.

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Definitions by Sense

Having broken away from a larger unit.

Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.

(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)

(entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.

The act of breaking away from something.

(cycle racing) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.

(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.

(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.

Example Sentences

The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.

1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions

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

[…] the Sunday Times said some 20 MPs are ready to form a breakaway party if Mrs Leadsom is elected as leader over Home Secretary Theresa May […]

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

a breakaway wall

In Hollywood, rehearsing for his show, Red Skelton plunged headlong into a "breakaway" door. It didn't break, and Red was hospitalized with concussion and a mild case of shock.

2016, Scott Feschuk, "Counting down the most annoying in video review, by sport," sportsnet.ca, 10 July, 2016, http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/counting-annoying-video-review-sport/ In a league starved for scoring, the challenge ensures that some super-sweet breakaway goals will be overturned because a dude was three microns offside.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does breakaway mean?

Breakaway means Having broken away from a larger unit..

What is a synonym for breakaway?

Common synonyms include weak, independent, separatist, breaking away.

What is the opposite of breakaway?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use breakaway in a sentence?

The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.