President Tom Jackson sent troops to the breakaway area.
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Breakaway
//ˈbɹeɪkəweɪ//
Synonyms for "breakaway" (137 found)
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34 translations across 11 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- birtərəfli şəkildə müstəqilliyini elan etmiş adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- tərkibindən qopmuş adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- tərkibindən çıxmış adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- özünü müstəqil elan etmiş adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 分裂的 adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
Finnish
4 entries- irronnut adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- irtaantunut adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- hatka noun (in cycling)
- irtiotto noun (in cycling)
French
2 entries- dissident adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- échappée noun (in cycling)
German
4 entries- abtrünnig adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- separatistisch adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- Absplitterung noun (act of breaking away from something)
- Ausbrechen noun (act of breaking away from something)
Greek
1 entries- απόσχιση noun (act of breaking away from something)
Italian
1 entries- fuga noun (in cycling)
Polish
1 entries- oderwany adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
Russian
3 entries- отдели́вшийся adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- отколо́вшийся adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- самопровозглашённый adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
Spanish
3 entries- separado adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- separatista adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- escapado noun (in cycling)
Swedish
4 entries- utbrytar adj (having broken away from a larger unit)
- friläge noun (in ice hockey)
- utbrytargrupp noun (in cycling)
- utbrytning noun (in cycling)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
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1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions
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As Actaeon turned, Melanchaetes / The ringleader of this breakaway trio / Grabbed a rear ankle / In the trap of his jaws.
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