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View definitions for breaks away

breaks away

verb as in depart

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Example Sentences

Portal never breaks away for a cut scene and it never offers a momentous "reveal" that makes everything clear to the player.

Nansen breaks away from all tradition; he goes right against every cherished principle of all the older Arctic men.

It breaks away, drops into the stream—and vanishes; while the bank itself remains, enclosing and containing the rushing stream.

The land hereabouts ceases to be fertile, and breaks away into heath and common ground.

This point is, however, difficult to make sure of owing to the facility with which the glomerulus breaks away.

Here the writer boldly breaks away from historical tradition.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to breaks away, such as: escape, flee, fly, leave, quit, and split.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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