Breakaway vs Lawless - What's the difference?
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Having broken away from a larger unit.
Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
(cycling) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
(ice hockey) 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.
Not governed by any law.
Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
Breakaway is a related term of lawless.
As adjectives the difference between breakaway and lawless
is that breakaway is having broken away from a larger unit while lawless is not governed by any law.As a noun breakaway
is (cycling) a group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.breakaway
English
Adjective
(-)- The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
- a breakaway wall
Noun
(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway .
