Trying to secede from the mainland, the fissiparous polities have been causing serious problems to the central authority.
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Secede
/sɪˈsiːd/
Synonyms for "secede" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
abandonagree to differagree to disagreeapostacizeapostatizebe at variancebe in dissentbeg to differbetrayboltbreak away
Verb(1 words)
break away
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
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2 entriespeaceful secessionunilateral secession
Collocations
6 entriesdeclare secessionpeaceful secessionsecede from the federationsecede from the unionsecessionist movementunilateral secession
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971.
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We can secede from the United Kingdom any time we want.
Source: wiktionary
“The horror, the horror”, said venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, an Uber investor who made a call for California to secede from the US.
Source: wiktionary
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