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breakaway
break·a·way B0465500 (brāk′ə-wā′)adj.1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier.2. Severing or having severed alliance with another entity, policy, or attitude: a group of breakaway political reformers.n.1. One that breaks away.2. The act of breaking away, especially:a. An offensive play in a team sport such as ice hockey in which a player with the ball or puck advances ahead of the defenders toward the goal.b. A burst of speed by a competitor or group of competitors in a race to break free of the pack.3. An object designed to break away.breakaway (ˈbreɪkəˌweɪ) n1. a. loss or withdrawal of a group of members from an association, club, etcb. (as modifier): a breakaway faction. 2. (Soccer) sport a. a sudden attack, esp from a defensive position, in football, hockey, etcb. an attempt to get away from the rest of the field in a race3. (Rugby) sport a. a sudden attack, esp from a defensive position, in football, hockey, etcb. an attempt to get away from the rest of the field in a race4. (Agriculture) Austral a stampede of cattle, esp at the smell of watervb (intr, adverb) 5. (often foll by from) to leave hastily or escape6. to withdraw or secede7. (Athletics (Track & Field)) sport to make a breakaway8. horse racing to start prematurelybreak•a•way (ˈbreɪk əˌweɪ) n. 1. an act or instance of breaking away; secession; separation. 2. a person or thing that breaks away. 3. an object, as a theatrical prop, constructed so that it breaks or falls apart easily, esp. upon impact. adj. 4. of or designating something that separates or secedes: the breakaway faction of the party. 5. built so as to come apart easily: breakaway highway signposts. [1885–95] breakaway1. The onset of a condition in which the shock front moves away from the exterior of the expanding fireball produced by the explosion of a nuclear weapon. 2. (DOD only) After completion of attack, turn to heading as directed.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | breakaway - the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"breaking awaysecession, withdrawal - formal separation from an alliance or federation | Adj. | 1. | breakaway - having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"separatist, fissiparousindependent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" |
breakawayadjective rebel, revolutionary, rebellious, dissenting, insurgent, seceding, secessionist, heretical, mutinous, insubordinate, insurrectionary, schismatic a breakaway groupTranslationsbreakaway
breakaway Sporta. a sudden attack, esp from a defensive position, in football, hockey, etc b. an attempt to get away from the rest of the field in a race breakaway[′brāk·ə‚wā] (fluid mechanics) Boundary-layer separation in which the boundary layer does not become reattached to the surface. breakaway
breakaway A small plastic piece with an internal spring which is used to provide force on a facebow appliance.breakaway (brāk′ă-wā″) In orthodontics, a device to apply tension or force to a facebow.breakaway
Synonyms for breakawayadj rebelSynonyms- rebel
- revolutionary
- rebellious
- dissenting
- insurgent
- seceding
- secessionist
- heretical
- mutinous
- insubordinate
- insurrectionary
- schismatic
Synonyms for breakawaynoun the act of breaking away or withdrawing fromSynonymsRelated Wordsadj having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitudeSynonymsRelated Words |