President Tom Jackson sent troops to the breakaway area.
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Breakaway
/ˈbɹeɪkəweɪ/
Synonyms for "breakaway" (138 found)
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abjuratoryalienatedantagonisticantiestablishmentantipatheticapostasyat oddsat odds withat varianceat variance withbackslidingbeatbetrayalbohemianboltclashingconflictingcontradictingcontradictorycounter-culture
Noun(1 words)
breaking away
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defectionderelictiondeserterdesertiondifferingdisagreeingdisloyaltydissentientdissentingdissidentextremeextremisticfactiousfaithlessnessfar outfree and easyfringygoing overhereticalheterodox
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hippiehostilein oppositioninformalinimicalinsurgentinsurrectionarykinkymaverickmugwumpianmugwumpishmutineeringmutinousnonconformingnonconformistnot cricketnot donenot kosheroffbeatopposing
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oppositionaloppugnantoriginalout of the ordinaryout of this worldout-of-the-wayperverserarerattingreactionaryrebelrebelliousrecalcitrantrechercherecidivationrecidivismrecreancyrecusantrenitentrenunciative
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renunciatoryrepudiativerepudiatoryrepugnantresistantrevocatoryrevolutionalrevolutionaryriotousschismschismaticschismaticalsecessionsecessionistsectariansectaryseditionaryseditiousseparatistsubversivesui generistraitoroustreasontreasonableturbulentturning traitoruncommonunconventionaluncustomaryundergroundundreamed ofundreamed-ofunexpectedunfamiliarunfashionableunheard ofunheard-ofuniqueunordinaryunorthodoxunthought ofunthought-ofunusualunwontedwalkoutway out
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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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