breakaway

(brākˈə-wāˌ)

1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier.
2. Severing or having severed alliance with another entity, policy, or attitude: a group of breakaway political reformers.

1. One that breaks away.
2. The act of breaking away, especially:
   a. An offensive play in a team sport such as ice hockey in which a player with the ball or puck advances ahead of the defenders toward the goal.
   b. A burst of speed by a competitor or group of competitors in a race to break free of the pack.
3. An object designed to break away.