breakaway

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Synonyms: break away, breakaways, breaks away, treadaway

Antonyms: break away, breakaways, breaks away, treadaway

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Adjective

1. Having broken away from a larger unit.
2. Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger [[structure]].
3. {{lb|en|ice hockey}} Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (''see'' Noun)
4. {{lb|en|entertainment industry}} Enjoying rapid popular success.

Noun

1. The act of [[break away|breaking away]] from something.
2. {{lb|en|cycle racing}} A group of riders which has gone ahead of the [[peloton]].
3. {{lb|en|ice hockey}} 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.
4. {{lb|en|boxing}} The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of [[infighting]].
5. {{lb|en|AU}} A [[stampede]] of [[animal]]s.
6. {{lb|en|AU}} An animal that breaks away from a [[herd]].
7. {{lb|en|AU|geography}} An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an [[escarpment]].
8. {{lb|en|AU}} A channel of [[floodwater]] that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
9. A particular [[yo-yo]] [[trick]] [http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway].
10. A [[swing]] [[dance]] in which the [[leader]] occasionally swings the [[follower]] out into an open position.
11. {{lb|en|theatre}} An item of [[scenery]] designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.

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