About The Word Breakaway

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Breakaway

Breakaway Meaning & Definition
Breakaway Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Breakaway?

[n] the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"
[adj] having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
[adj] designed to break or tear or come apart easily; "breakaway highway signposts"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Breakaway: breaking away | independent | separatist | weak

Related Terms | Find terms related to Breakaway: abjuratory | alienated | antagonistic | antiestablishment | antipathetic | apostasy | at odds with | at variance with | backsliding | beat | betrayal | Bohemian | bolt | clashing | conflicting | contradicting | contradictory | counteractant | counteracting | counteractive | counter-culture | countervailing | counterworking | cranky | crotchety | defection | dereliction | deserter | desertion | differing | disagreeing | disloyalty | dissentient | dissenting | dissident | extreme | extremistic | factious | faithlessness | far out | free and easy | fringy | going over | heretical | heterodox | hippie | hostile | in opposition | informal | inimical | insurgent | insurrectionary | kinky | maverick | mugwumpian | mugwumpish | mutineering | mutinous | nonconforming | nonconformist | not cricket | not done | not kosher | offbeat | opposing | oppositional | oppugnant | original | perverse | rare | ratting | reactionary | rebel | rebellious | recalcitrant | recherche | recidivation | recidivism | recreancy | recusant | renitent | renunciative | renunciatory | repudiative | repudiatory | repugnant | resistant | revocatory | revolutional | revolutionary | riotous | schism | schismatic | secession | secessionist | sectarian | sectary | seditionary | seditious | separatist | subversive | sui generis | traitorous | treason | treasonable | turbulent | turning traitor | uncommon | unconventional | uncustomary | underground | undreamed-of | unexpected | unfamiliar | unfashionable | unheard-of | unique | unordinary | unorthodox | unthought-of | unusual | unwonted | walkout | way out

See Also | secession | withdrawal

Breakaway In Webster's Dictionary

\Break"a*way`\, n. [Break + away] [Australasia] 1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.

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