Broke away
The crossword clue "Broke away" is answered by SECEDED, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SECEDED
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SECEDED answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SECEDED
Every other clue in this collection answered by SECEDED, most used first.
- Withdrew - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Do away with - ABOLISH, used 33 times
- Take away - DETRACT, used 26 times
- Breaks away - SECEDES, used 21 times
- Take away (from) - DETRACT, used 18 times
- Got away - ESCAPED, used 16 times
- Gets away - ESCAPES, used 15 times
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