Break away and Defect

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Break away

Break away verb - Break off (a piece from a whole).
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Defect and break away are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defect" instead a verb "Break away".

Defect

Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
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Break away and defect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break away" instead a verb "Defect".
Nearby Words: defective, defection, defector, defecting, defectively

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  • Tabletop Game / Mage: The Ascension Plenty of big-name scientists were actually Technocrats: Alan Turing got "killed" by the Technocracy because he asked too many uncomfortable questions, spurring the Virtual Adepts to break away and defect to the Traditions.
    Source: Tabletop Game / Mage: The Ascension
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