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/brˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ Listen

noun

Breakaway n. (Australasia)

A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede.

An animal that breaks away from a herd.

An object designed to break off or shatter under impact, as a safety measure.

(Sport) The sudden emergence of one or more players or contestants from a clustered group, rushing toward a goal, as bicyclists in a race, or baketball players after a rebound has been caught.

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Etymology of 'Breakaway'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Breakaway" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Republic of Poland (formerly the Communist Party or Polish United Workers' Party/PZPR), Aleksander Kwasnuewski, chairman; Union of the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (breakaway faction of ...

— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... turned around again they was just at the breakaway, so it must have been one of the by-by forever kind, such as you see at the dock on sailing day. Then she took us down to show us how she came in, and squeezed herself through the bars. They shook hands just once, and that ...

— Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford

... poorest among the six republics of a disintegrated Yugoslav federation, can meet basic food and energy needs through its own agricultural and coal resources. As a breakaway republic, however, it will move down toward a bare subsistence level of life unless economic ties are reforged or enlarged with its neighbors Serbia, Albania, Greece, and Bulgaria. The economy depends on outside sources ...

— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.