"break away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks away [present, singular, third-person], breaking away [participle, present], broke away [past], broken away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> away}} break away (third-person singular simple present breaks away, present participle breaking away, simple past broke away, past participle broken away)
  1. To leave suddenly. Translations (to leave suddenly): häipyä (Finnish), hävitä (Finnish), ausbrechen (German), losmachen [reflexive] (German), fugir (Portuguese), escapar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-break_away-en-verb-qsXvlFDl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 81 19 Disambiguation of 'to leave suddenly': 99 1
  2. To become separated, literally or figuratively. Translations (to become separated): irrota (Finnish), erota (Finnish), joutua eroon (Finnish), lösen [reflexive] (German), ablösen [reflexive] (German), 脱却する (dakkyaku-suru) (alt: だっきゃく-する) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-break_away-en-verb-IftKE6xR Disambiguation of 'to become separated': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: breakaway [adjective] Related terms: break down, break in, break out, break up

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to leave suddenly",
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          "sense": "to leave suddenly",
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      "sense": "to leave suddenly",
      "word": "häipyä"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to leave suddenly",
      "word": "hävitä"
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      "sense": "to leave suddenly",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave suddenly",
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      "sense": "to leave suddenly",
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      "sense": "to leave suddenly",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become separated",
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