1. v. break off (a piece from a whole) (view details)
2. v. move away or escape suddenly (view details)
3. v. flee (view details)
4. v. withdraw from an organization or communion (view details)
5. v. interrupt a continued activity (view details)

Meaning 1: (verb) break off (a piece from a whole)
Usage Example(s): Her tooth chipped
Synonym(s): break off ( what does break off stand for? ), chip ( what does chip stand for? ), chip off ( what does chip off stand for? ), come off ( what does come off stand for? )
break away is derived from: bit ( what does bit stand for? ), chip, chipping ( what does chipping stand for? ), flake ( what does flake stand for? ), fleck ( what does fleck stand for? ), scrap ( what does scrap stand for? ), splintering ( what does splintering stand for? )

Meaning 2: (verb) move away or escape suddenly
Usage Example(s): Nobody can break out–this prison is high security, The horses broke from the stable, Three inmates broke jail
Synonym(s): break ( what does break stand for? ), break out ( what does break out stand for? )
break away is derived from: break, breakout ( what does breakout stand for? ), gaolbreak ( what does gaolbreak stand for? ), jailbreak ( what does jailbreak stand for? ), prison-breaking ( what does prison-breaking stand for? ), prisonbreak ( what does prisonbreak stand for? )

Meaning 3: (verb) flee, take to one’’s heels, cut and run
Usage Example(s): If you see this man, run!, The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Synonym(s): bunk ( what does bunk stand for? ), escape ( what does escape stand for? ), fly the coop ( what does fly the coop stand for? ), head for the hills ( what does head for the hills stand for? ), hightail it ( what does hightail it stand for? ), lam ( what does lam stand for? ), run ( what does run stand for? ), run away ( what does run away stand for? ), scarper ( what does scarper stand for? ), take to the woods ( what does take to the woods stand for? ), turn tail ( what does turn tail stand for? )
break away is derived from: fugitive ( what does fugitive stand for? ), getaway ( what does getaway stand for? ), lam, runaway ( what does runaway stand for? )

Meaning 4: (verb) withdraw from an organization or communion
Usage Example(s): After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
Synonym(s): secede ( what does secede stand for? ), splinter ( what does splinter stand for? )
break away is derived from: breakaway ( what does breakaway stand for? ), breaking away ( what does breaking away stand for? ), secession ( what does secession stand for? ), withdrawal ( what does withdrawal stand for? )

Meaning 5: (verb) interrupt a continued activity
Usage Example(s): She had broken with the traditional patterns
Synonym(s): break
break away is derived from: break, intermission ( what does intermission stand for? ), interruption ( what does interruption stand for? ), pause ( what does pause stand for? ), suspension ( what does suspension stand for? )

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