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broke away

verb as in depart

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Scotland survived, broke away and scored down the other end.

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It is designated as one by the UN, US, EU and UK, among many others, as it started as a splinter group of al-Qaeda, which it broke away from in 2016.

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Somaliland, which broke away from Somalia more than 30 years ago, has long been pushing for recognition - but Mogadishu described the move as an act of "aggression".

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China considers Taiwan - which broke away in 1949 following the Chinese Civil War - to be part of its own territory, and opposes any diplomatic engagement with it by other countries.

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I don't think Kamala's plans broke away from what Joe Biden has been doing so far and Trump made some claims that he would resolve the conflict without actually specifying what he would do.

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

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