Having broken away from a larger unit.
The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
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Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/]
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(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun).
: Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions—
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