"breakaway" in the noun sense
1. breakaway, breaking away
the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
"there was a breakaway by the discontented members"
"a breaking away from family and neighborhood"
"breakaway" in the adjective sense
1. breakaway, fissiparous, separatist
having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
"a breakaway faction"
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