secede
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɪˈsiːd/
secede (secedes, present participle seceding; past and past participle seceded)
- (intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
- 2007, Writers declare independence for Wirral. ↗, Wirral Globe, retrieved 11 July 2007.
- We can secede from the United Kingdom any time we want.
- 2007, Writers declare independence for Wirral. ↗, Wirral Globe, retrieved 11 July 2007.
- (transitive, uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
- 2002, Darryl E. Brock, "José Agustín Quintero: Cuban Patriot in Confederate Diplomatic Service", Cubans in the Confederacy: José Agustín Quintero, Ambrosio José Gonzales, and Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Ed. Phillip Thomas Tucker, publ. McFarland, ISBN 9780786409761, pg. 103 ↗:
- At the same time, Nolan also secretly contracted with the crafty United States Army general James Wilkinson to organize some men to secede Texas from Spanish America.
- 2002, Darryl E. Brock, "José Agustín Quintero: Cuban Patriot in Confederate Diplomatic Service", Cubans in the Confederacy: José Agustín Quintero, Ambrosio José Gonzales, and Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Ed. Phillip Thomas Tucker, publ. McFarland, ISBN 9780786409761, pg. 103 ↗:
- French: faire sécession
- German: abspalten
- Russian: отделя́ться
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