Synonyms for break away

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1. break, break out, break away(verb)

   move away or escape suddenly

   "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

   Synonyms:
   crack, give way, soften, run, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, chip, snap off, stop, go, bunk, demote, break out, separate, turn tail, split, give away, damp, smash, fly the coop, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, chip off, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, scarper, let on, get around, escape, wear out, cave in, break-dance, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, secede, splinter, better, burst, go bad, take to the woods, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, break down, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, hightail it, kick downstairs, scat, part, lam, infract, run away, head for the hills, fail, come apart, bankrupt, come off, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, wear

2. chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off(verb)

   break off (a piece from a whole)

   "Her tooth chipped"

   Synonyms:
   chip, chip off, cut off, scat, cut short, come off, splinter, come away, secede, run away, go over, lam, scarper, bunk, discontinue, nick, break, snap off, break out, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, detach, take to the woods, knap, go off, stop, hightail it, break off, break short, escape

3. break, break away(verb)

   interrupt a continued activity

   "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

   Synonyms:
   crack, give way, soften, run, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, chip, snap off, stop, go, bunk, demote, break out, separate, turn tail, split, give away, damp, smash, fly the coop, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, chip off, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, scarper, let on, get around, escape, wear out, cave in, break-dance, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, secede, splinter, better, burst, go bad, take to the woods, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, break down, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, hightail it, kick downstairs, scat, part, lam, infract, run away, head for the hills, fail, come apart, bankrupt, come off, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, wear

4. secede, splinter, break away(verb)

   withdraw from an organization or communion

   "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

   Synonyms:
   chip, chip off, come off, scat, splinter, secede, run away, lam, bunk, break out, sliver, take to the woods, break, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, hightail it, break off, escape

5. scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away(verb)

   flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

   "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

   Synonyms:
   course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, get off, run away, move, turn tail, chip, range, break out, run, beat, guide, function, lead, lam, thresh, flow, melt down, track down, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, break off, break, break loose, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, get out, get by, secede, thrash, run for, black market, miss, persist, splinter, incline, draw, hightail it, elude, be given, prevail, campaign, get away, tend, chip off, escape, ladder, ply, come off, flail, melt

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1. break away

   Synonyms:
   escape (against resistance), break loose

2. break away

   Synonyms:
   be scattered, be dissipated

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