breakaway

Definition

Having broken away from a larger unit.

Etymology

From break + away, a deverbal from break away.

Example Sentences

• "The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society."
• "1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions"
• "As Actaeon turned, Melanchaetes / The ringleader of this breakaway trio / Grabbed a rear ankle / In the trap of his jaws."