The act of breaking away or withdrawing from

Usage examples of breakaway.

Logan could do less to stop Ben Raines and his people in their breakaway nation.

Between the vessels was a breakaway point at which a closed pressure door shielded the fragile human body from the deadly vacuum of space when the ships parted.

The passageway in which he strode was cold and barren, serving two purposes only: as an emergency manual breakaway should the normal docking release fail, and as a backup conduit for everything from digital signals to water and air.

And, near breakaway point, there was the hulk of a ship unlike anything seen before.

Will use breakaway clothes, nylon and silk, bald cap, finger cups and other latex appliances.

And, where a breakaway was not a mere denial, the individuals somehow assumed they believed in a simple soul state-of-being.

The breakaway faction was eager to get as many Guild members onto its side as possible-especially the great Boba Fett and anyone associated with him.

Part of the afternoon-long festivities included some friendly competition among the cowboys, matching their skills in ranch-related events such as team roping, cutting cattle, tug-of-war on horseback, and breakaway roping, and in gymkhana events such as barrel racing and pole bending.

Fuentes on Muta were a splinter group: a breakaway from mainstream Fuentes culture.

Eaves wakizashi was worn like a machete, and snapped it out of the breakaway scabbard.

Protestant versus Catholic erupting out of the breakaway of the reformed church from Rome, the motivating sentiment in the Netherlands was hatred of Spanish tyranny.

That a breakaway group of nuns at her American-financed Pentecostal Mission school had preached Quakerish non-violence at her with heavy emphasis on turning the other cheek?

Macdonald Hall Macs were running breakaway drill on Pete Anderson, the goalie, when a second netminder in full equipment took the ice.

Pitzburk reorganized faster and not only reconquered its breakaway areas, but marched on to subjugate a good half of Harzburk, as well.

Colonies faced with this had suffered breakaways and mass defections, in which thousands fled to frontiers of deeper space.