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secede

verb [I]
 
 
/sɪˈsiːd/ formal

Definition

to become independent of a country or area of government: There is likely to be civil war if the region tries to secede from the south.Colonisation and self-government secession
 
 
/sesˈeʃ.ən/ noun [U]
secessionist
 
 
/sesˈeʃ.ən.ɪst/ noun [C], adjective
(Definition of secede verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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