Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word break-away.
Examples
-
Opponents of the president blame him for drawing Georgia into armed conflict with Russia last August, as well as the for the loss of break-away provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Global Voices in English » Georgia: Opposition rally attendances wane, tensions increase 2009
-
Tuesday's third stage from San Jose to Modesto should feature more of the break-away tactics seen in the first two group stages.
-
The archbishop of the break-away Anglican Church in North America, Robert Duncan, says his group has no interest in replacing the Episcopal Church.
Twenty-First Century Excommunication Mollie Ziegler Hemingway 2011
-
Tbilisi has offered to trade its consent for Moscow's allowing international monitoring of border crossings in the Russian-occupied break-away regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Russia, Georgia to Restart WTO Talks Giorgi Lomsadze 2011
-
They will fight as long as one hand is free, and take care of themselves in the break-away.
Chapter 4 2010
-
A reward for, and a break-away from, their over-packed, stressful lives.
Riva Greenberg: Obesity: Overeating Is Planned and Designed Into Our Foods 2010
-
My mother, Terri, Quebec, and Quebec's daughter, Judy — who was Catholic and just visiting, and who wouldn't go out of the trailer because of all the naked people around — had spent the entire New Year's Eve sewing these special break-away maroon pants for the men of the wedding party.
The Naked Wedding 2010
-
A reward for, and a break-away from, their over-packed, stressful lives.
Obesity: Overeating Is Planned and Designed Into Our Foods 2010
-
It was Jefferson who 234 years ago wrote "the pursuit of happiness" into our break-away founding document, almost as if felicity were a deer and we were hunters or stalkers in the great green land.
-
But to various degrees, the numbers would suggest that Portis, Johnson and Parker all have lost a bit of their break-away ability.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.