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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Breakaway \Break"a*way`\, n. [Break + away] [Australasia]
     1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels
        (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a
        stampede.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. an object designed to break off or shatter under impact,
        as a safety measure.
        [PJC]
  
     4. (Sport) the sudden emergence of one or more players or
        contestants from a clustered group, rushing toward a goal,
        as bicyclists in a race, or baketball players after a
        rebound has been caught.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Breakaway \Break"a*way`\, n. [Break + away] [Australasia]
     1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels
        (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a
        stampede.
  
     2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  breakaway
       adj : having separated or advocating separation from another
             entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
             [syn: fissiparous, separatist]
       n : the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a
           breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away
           from family and neighborhood" [syn: breaking away]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breakaway
     Αγγλικά a.
     αποσχισθείς

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  breakaway
     a.
     Having broken away from a larger unit.
     n.
     The act of break away from something.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  breakaway
     a.
     Having broken away from a larger unit.
     n.
     The act of break away from something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  breakaway
     a.
     Having broken away from a larger unit.
     n.
     The act of break away from something.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  breakaway
     a.
     Having broken away from a larger unit.
     n.
     The act of break away from something.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/
  الانفصال

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ 
  odlomení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ 
  odpadnutí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ 
  odštěpení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/
  Ausbrechen , Auskeilen  [Dt.]  [ugs.]  [auto]
           Note: des Hecks beim Übersteuern
     Synonym: spin-out
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/
  Konter , Gegenangriff , Gegenzug  [sport]
     Synonyms: counter-attack, counterattack, counteroffensive
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/
  Schleudern 
     Synonyms: swerve, skid
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ 
  abtrünnig 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ 
  läpiajo
  in ice hockey

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  breakaway /ˈbreɪkəweɪ/ 
    [grupa]  rozłamowy

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ 
  utbrytar-
  having broken away from a larger unit

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  breakaway /bɹˈeɪkəwˌeɪ/ 
  1. utbrytargrupp, utbrytning
  in cycling
  2. friläge
  in ice hockey

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɹeɪkəˌweɪ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "breakaway":
     Bohemian, abjuratory, alienated, antagonistic, antiestablishment,
     antipathetic, apostasy, at odds with, at variance with,
     backsliding, beat, betrayal, bolt, clashing, conflicting,
     contradicting, contradictory, counter-culture, counteractant,
     counteracting, counteractive, countervailing, counterworking,
     cranky, crotchety, defection, dereliction, deserter, desertion,
     differing, disagreeing, disloyalty, dissentient, dissenting,
     dissident, extreme, extremistic, factious, faithlessness, far out,
     free and easy, fringy, going over, heretical, heterodox, hippie,
     hostile, in opposition, informal, inimical, insurgent,
     insurrectionary, kinky, maverick, mugwumpian, mugwumpish,
     mutineering, mutinous, nonconforming, nonconformist, not cricket,
     not done, not kosher, offbeat, opposing, oppositional, oppugnant,
     original, perverse, rare, ratting, reactionary, rebel, rebellious,
     recalcitrant, recherche, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy,
     recusant, renitent, renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative,
     repudiatory, repugnant, resistant, revocatory, revolutional,
     revolutionary, riotous, schism, schismatic, secession,
     secessionist, sectarian, sectary, seditionary, seditious,
     separatist, subversive, sui generis, traitorous, treason,
     treasonable, turbulent, turning traitor, uncommon, unconventional,
     uncustomary, underground, undreamed-of, unexpected, unfamiliar,
     unfashionable, unheard-of, unique, unordinary, unorthodox,
     unthought-of, unusual, unwonted, walkout, way out
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 分离;切断;脱逃

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