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Meanings of secede in English

Portuguese
romper

Withdraw from an organization or communion.

        romper
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        Examples for "splinter"
        Examples for "splinter"
        1
        A small number of other attacks are the work of splinter groups.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Although it's possible they were just a splinter group of Labour Unity.
        The Guardian
        3
        So to fulfill that, the market needs to splinter as it grows.
        Wired
        4
        Without a deal there was a danger the SNC could splinter further.
        Reuters
        5
        Let's see if we can't splinter those instructions good and proper beforehand.
        Changer of Worlds
        1
        It's time to break away from the failing and dysfunctional EU system.
        Radio NZ
        2
        The answer is not to break away, though, but to stay united.
        The Guardian
        3
        Why does this province, specifically, want to break away from South Africa?
        The South African
        4
        There's a strong possibility the Ukraine will break away and join him.
        Red inferno: 1945
        5
        Anxiety and fear will remain until you deliberately break away and commit.
        Climbing Magazine
        Usage of secede in English
        1
        A referendum in 2011 opens the possibility that South Sudan may secede.
        Wired
        2
        Gration said Washington was already factoring in projections the south will secede.
        Reuters
        3
        And how can it secede from a government it never capitulated to?
        News.com.au
        4
        They say that the South will secede if Fremont should be elected.
        Westways: A Village Chronicle
        5
        I don't know whether you think it good to secede or not.
        The Bride of Dreams
        6
        Analysts believe the south is likely to secede in the vote.
        Reuters
        7
        Most analysts believe the south will vote to secede from Sudan.
        Reuters
        8
        But that was not a good enough reason to secede from the union.
        The Guardian
        9
        If next year's vote does not take place, the south may secede anyway.
        Reuters
        10
        The group had sought to secede from South Africa before dissolving in 1996.
        The South African
        11
        Do you believe that the Separatists were wrong to secede from the Republic?
        Star Wars: Tarkin
        12
        Bashir has promised to accept the south's decision if it chooses to secede.
        Reuters
        13
        If the coastal region were to secede, Kenya would become landlocked.
        Reuters
        14
        A number of States would secede within the next sixty days.
        Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
        15
        Lincoln was duly elected, and the southern states began to secede.
        Biographies of Working Men
        16
        Did she remain loyal or did she secede, that was equally her fate.
        North America — Volume 2
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        romper
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