breakaway vs decline

breakaway

noun
  • An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment. 

  • A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water. 

  • A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position. 

  • An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance. 

  • A stampede of animals. 

  • A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton. 

  • An animal that breaks away from a herd. 

  • A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway. 

  • A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them. 

  • The act of breaking away from something. 

  • The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting. 

adj
  • Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure. 

  • Enjoying rapid popular success. 

  • The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society. 

  • Having broken away from a larger unit. 

  • Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun) 

decline

noun
  • A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road. 

  • A weakening. 

  • Downward movement, fall. 

  • A reduction or diminution of activity. 

  • The act of declining or refusing something. 

verb
  • To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain. 

  • To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun. 

  • To cause to decrease or diminish. 

  • To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall. 

  • To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw. 

  • To move downwards, to fall, to drop. 

  • To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like. 

  • To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play. 

  • To become weaker or worse. 

  • To recite all the different declined forms of (a word). 

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