breakaway
n.
split, breaking away, separation
Breakaway
Breakaway may refer to:
Breakaway (dance), a 1920s dance style
Breakaway (ice hockey)Breakaway (biscuit), a chocolate bar produced by Nestle
Breakaway roping, a rodeo event
BreakAway Games, a game developerBreakaway (TV series), a 1980 TV series written by Francis Durbridge and starring Martin JarvisBreakaway (Gallagher and Lyle album), an album by
Gallagher and LyleBreakaway (Pasadena Roof Orchestra album), an album by the
Pasadena Roof OrchestraBreakaway (album), an album by
Kelly ClarksonBreakaway (Kelly Clarkson song), a song from the albumBreakaway (Art Garfunkel album), a 1975 album by
Art GarfunkelBreakaway (Beach Boys song), a song by the
Beach BoysBreakaway (Tracey Ullman song), a song by
Tracey UllmanBreakaway (Tsunami Bomb song), a song by
Tsunami BombBreakaway (Big Pig song), a song by
Big PigA breakaway in a road bicycle race is when a group of riders detach themselves from the front of the
pelotonBreakaway
props, used in stage and film productionsA
"breakaway" region or countryBreakaway (Gallagher and Lyle song), the title track to
Gallagher and Lyle's 1976 album, also recorded by Art Garfunkel
Breakaway (magazine), a magazine published by Focus on the Family"
Breakaway (Space: 1999)", the pilot episode of Space: 1999
Breakaway, North Carolina, a mountain resort village
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breakaway
Noun
1. the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"
(synonym) breaking away
(hypernym) secession, withdrawal
(derivation) secede, splinter, break away
Adjective
1. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
(synonym) fissiparous, separatist
(similar) independent
breakaway
The onset of a condition in which the shock front moves away from the exterior of the expanding fireball produced by the explosion of a nuclear weapon. 1/3/73
séparation de l'onde de choc
Début du processus au cours duquel l'onde de choc dépasse l'enveloppe de la boule de feu en expansion produite par une explosion nucléaire. 1/3/73
breakaway
Synonyms and related words:
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,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.