Synonyms: break away, break off, come off, chip, chip off
Definition: break off (a piece from a whole)
Usage: Her tooth chipped
Similar words: divide, separate, part
Definition: come apart
Usage: The two pieces that we had glued separated
Synonyms: break, break away, break out
Definition: move away or escape suddenly
Usage: The horses broke from the stable; Three inmates broke jail; Nobody can break out--this prison is high security
Similar words: escape, break loose, get away
Definition: run away from confinement
Usage: The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
Synonyms: head for the hills, hightail it, escape, fly the coop, lam, break away, bunk, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
Definition: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Usage: If you see this man, run!; The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Similar words: leave, go away, go forth
Definition: go away from a place
Usage: At what time does your train leave?; She didn't leave until midnight; The ship leaves at midnight
Synonyms: break away, secede, splinter
Definition: withdraw from an organization or communion
Usage: After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
Similar words: part, separate, split, split up, break, break up
Definition: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Usage: The business partners broke over a tax question; The couple separated after 25 years of marriage; My friend and I split up
Synonyms: break, break away
Definition: interrupt a continued activity
Usage: She had broken with the traditional patterns
Similar words: part, separate, split, split up, break, break up
Definition: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Usage: The business partners broke over a tax question; The couple separated after 25 years of marriage; My friend and I split up