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• n  the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
  there was a breakaway by the discontented members
• s  having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
  a breakaway faction

• The victims, of course, are the civilians of Georgia and its breakaway South Ossetia region, caught in the escalating battle between the Georgian military and South Ossetian .
• The gatherings are smaller than expected and the marches mostly peaceful, but breakaway radicals are causing trouble.
• The breakaway territory's nominal president, Eduard Kokoity, a former wrestler, when asked whether ethnic Georgians who had been living in South Ossetia would be allowed to return .

• breaking away
• fissiparous
• separatist

News & Articles

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• Breakaway Music Festival Announced: Empire of the Sun, Wu-Tang Clan Playing Stadiums in Columbus, Dallas
  The inaugural Breakaway Music Festival concept, produced by rising young promoters Prime Social, will launch with two new events at Major League...
  June 11, 2013 - Billboard
• Breakaway Music Festival: Bassnectar, Empire of the Sun, Kendrick Lamar, Wu-Tang Clan, Big Gigantic, Matt & Kim ...
  Prime Social Group has announced the inaugural Breakaway Music Festival, which will take place at Major League Soccer stadiums in Columbus, OH and Frisco, TX this September.
  June 11, 2013 - Jambands.com
• Breakaway Festival Launches in Ohio and Texas With Wu-Tang, Kendrick Lamar, and More
  Wu-Tang Clan, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Empire of the Sun, Bassnectar, and Ra Ra Riot will all hit the stage during the first-ever Breakaway Music Festival, happening this fall. The inaugural showcase will be spread across two Saturdays and take place in two different arenas: The first event is set for September 14 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, and the second is booked for ...
  June 11, 2013 - Spin

Quotes

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• Vladimir Putin in Forbes
  In Saturday's meeting with refugees in the city of Vladikavkaz across the border, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin described Georgia's actions as "complete genocide. Putin also said Georgia had effectively lost the right to rule the breakaway province...
• Frank Schleck in International Herald Tribune
  If these reports are accurate ...... these actions would be inconsistent with the assurances we received from Russia that its objectives were limited to restoring the status quo in [Georgian breakaway region] South Ossetia that existed before the... President Bush http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFh0u2JMmcpgHHAEOKNoPb27FyIcg CNN International http://www.google.com/url?q=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/11/us.georgia/%3Firef%3Dhpmostpop&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHegh38WvV9kTn5j8qmJ2dgQ4dO0A Aug 11, 2008 12482 17109 breakaway I ain't gonna catch Cadel. I guess it's going to be a breakaway day and the favorites are going to watch each other," Schleck said next to a swimming pool at his Team CSC's hotel outside Pau.