secede in English

verb

1

withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

the kingdom of Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830

synonyms: withdraw from, break away from, break with, separate (oneself) from, leave, split with, split off from, disaffiliate from, resign from, pull out of, quit

verb

• withdraw from, break away from, break with, separate (oneself) from, leave, split with, split off from, disaffiliate from, resign from, pull out of, quit
• break away, splinter

Use "secede" in a sentence

1. In 200 Chechens will be permitted to vote to secede.

2. Nationalist Serbs said they have abandoned their struggle to secede from Bosnia, although …

3. " At present , our objective is to secede from India . "

4. With Obote making inroads into its power, Buganda attempts to secede.

5. 1861 – American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.

6. Republic of Slovenia votes to secede from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

7. 1990 - Republic of Slovenia votes to secede from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

8. If southern states rejected all compromises on slavery, did they have the right to secede?

9. 2 They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.

10. Citing spike in crime, Affluent Atlanta district looks to secede from city: 'It's a war zone'

11. The Constitution is silent on the issue of whether a state can secede from the Union.

12. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this

13. We will never allow anyone to make Taiwan secede from China by any means.

14. 27 They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.

15. 18 In Berlin a splinter group formed within the Society, but it did not secede until 18

16. The move to demilitarise the area comes just three weeks before the south is due to secede from the north.

17. But the southerners have lost faith in that idea and must be allowed to secede.

18. Supposing Yorkshire or Cornwall decided by a majority vote to secede from Britain and elect their own government.

19. There is likely to be civil war if the region tries to secede from the south.

20. The article briefly narrative trouble of Sichuan province Luhuo county grain of production after secede farming.

21. 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.

22. Biafra, officially known as the Republic of Biafra, was an unrecognized state that wanted to secede from Nigeria in West Africa

23. But it does not follow that because a State cannot secede Constitutionally, it is obliged under all circumstances to remain in the Union

24. Thanks to a sharp rise in crime in an Affluent district in Atlanta, residents have mounted a campaign to secede from the majority Black city

25. Russian troops entered Chechnya in December 1994, in order to prevent Chechnya's effort to secede from the Russian Federation, and after almost 2 years of fighting

26. My Diary North and South by William Howard Russell (1863) "The very Bluenoses would secede if you were permitted to come under the old flag." All night we travelled.

27. Specifically, nationalist agitation on the part of the Soviet Union's non-Russian minorities grew, and there were fears that some or all of the union republics might secede.

28. The East Timorese voted to secede from Indonesian control in a referendum in 1999 - a vote that will be remembered for the brutality of militiamen who tried to disrupt the process.

29. Late in 501, Yuan Xi, displeased that his power wa being stripped and fearful that he would be killed, plotted a rebellion to secede with the provinces south of the Yellow River.

30. The Albians suffered what Cauder called "impossible demands on our economy", and when the planet tried to secede legally a state of emergency was declared and the planet placed under martial law.

31. Chechnya Diary is a story about "the story" of the war in Chechnya, the "rogue republic" that attempted to secede from the Russian Federation at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

32. Home / Quotations / Thomas Paine on the Absurdi Thomas Paine on the Absurdity of an hereditary monarchy (1791) After having helped the American colonists shake off their reluctance to secede from the British Empire, Thomas Paine (1737-1809) turned his attention to the French Revolution which he vigorously defended against attacks by Edmund