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Synonyms
break away

verb

  1. break off (a piece from a whole): "Her tooth chipped"
  2. move away or escape suddenly: "The horses broke from the stable"
  3. interrupt a continued activity: "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
  4. withdraw from an organization or communion: "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
  5. flee: take to one's heels

noun

  1. the act of breaking away or withdrawing from: "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"

adj

  1. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude: "a breakaway faction"