breakaway
/ˈbɹeɪkəweɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.19 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having broken away from a larger unit.
adj
Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
adj
Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)
noun
The act of breaking away from something.
noun
A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
noun
A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.
noun
The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
Example Sentences
- "The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society."
- "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"
- "As Actaeon turned, Melanchaetes / The ringleader of this breakaway trio / Grabbed a rear ankle / In the trap of his jaws."
- "[…] the Sunday Times said some 20 MPs are ready to form a breakaway party if Mrs Leadsom is elected as leader over Home Secretary Theresa May […]"
- "The breakaway party espouses land expropriation without compensation and sweeping state nationalism, including nationalizing the Reserve Bank."
- "a breakaway wall"