breakaway

Adjective

 * 1) Having broken away from a larger unit.
 * 2) * 1946, William Brown, , 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop,
 * Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions—
 * The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
 * 1) Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
 * 2)  Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
 * 3) * 2016, Scott Feschuk, "Counting down the most annoying in video review, by sport," sportsnet.ca, 10 July, 2016,
 * 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.
 * 1)  Enjoying rapid popular success.
 * 2) * 2016, Chris Riotta, "Rihanna's 'Anti' Has Extensive Alternative Music Career," mic.com, 11 February, 2016,
 * When Rihanna released her rebellious breakaway album Anti, it marked a definitive turning point in the singer's career.
 * 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.
 * 1)  Enjoying rapid popular success.
 * 2) * 2016, Chris Riotta, "Rihanna's 'Anti' Has Extensive Alternative Music Career," mic.com, 11 February, 2016,
 * When Rihanna released her rebellious breakaway album Anti, it marked a definitive turning point in the singer's career.
 * 1) * 2016, Chris Riotta, "Rihanna's 'Anti' Has Extensive Alternative Music Career," mic.com, 11 February, 2016,
 * When Rihanna released her rebellious breakaway album Anti, it marked a definitive turning point in the singer's career.

Derived terms

 * breakaway glass

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: birtərəfli şəkildə müstəqilliyini elan etmiş, özünü müstəqil elan etmiş, tərkibindən qopmuş, tərkibindən çıxmış
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 * Estonian:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, separatistisch
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 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish: oderwany
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, separatista
 * Swedish: utbrytar-
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Noun

 * 1) The act of breaking away from something.
 * 2) * 1932, Alan Lennox-Boyd, , 10 May, 1932, Finance Bill,
 * this Finance Bill represents a definite breakaway from the old practice of mass bribing, vote catching, and political Finance Bills which we were in grave danger of establishing as a permanent part of our national activities.
 * 1)  A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3) * 2015, Eric MacKenzie, "Canucks fall 2-1 to Oilers in OT," vancouver24hrs.ca, 18 October, 2015,
 * With the game tied 1-1 early in the third, Henrik got free on a breakaway and was stopped by Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson
 * 1)  The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
 * 2) * 2011, Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott (eds.), The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Appendix: The Great Fights, George Dixon vs. Jack Skelly (September 6, 1892), p. 262,
 * The gong sounded almost immediately after the breakaway.
 * 1)  A stampede of animals.
 * 2)  An animal that breaks away from a herd.
 * 3) * 1893, The Argus, 29 April, 1893, p. 4, col. 4, cited in, Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages, 1898,
 * The smartest stock horse that ever brought his rider up within whip distance of a breakaway or dodged the horns of a sulky beast, took the chance.
 * 1)  An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
 * 2)  A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
 * 3) A particular yo-yo trick.
 * 4) A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
 * 5)  An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
 * 1)  An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
 * 2)  A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
 * 3) A particular yo-yo trick.
 * 4) A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
 * 5)  An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
 * 1) A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
 * 2)  An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.

Translations

 * German: Lossagung, Absplitterung,, Ausbrechen, Losmachung
 * Greek:


 * Finnish:, hatka
 * French:
 * German:, Ausbruchsgruppe
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: utbrytning, utbrytargrupp


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