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secede

verb as in pull away; split from

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He switched sides on several occasions during the battle to secede from Sudan, as he sought to strengthen his position and that of his Nuer ethnic group.

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The grievances run so deep that in recent years many residents have embraced a decades-old idea of seceding from California and forming a “State of Jefferson.”

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The short answer is that the issue of whether a state can secede was settled, permanently, in 1865.

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South Sudan, the world's newest nation, gained independence in 2011 after seceding from Sudan.

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South Sudan is the world's newest nation, after seceding from Sudan in 2011.

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

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