split off
split away

Some of our band had split away, choosing other roads.

A red Banshee with himself driving had split away and was taking the other turning.

Sometimes a flake will partially split away while remaining attached to the rock face.

Two of them split away toward either side, firing.

Several of the time lines known to 'civilisation' (our name for ourselves) appear to split away about 1940.

After a dispute the American section split away into an independent organization.

In her version, it was David who had split away.

It was originally home to several other districts which split away prior to 1900:

After the party's second congress in 1992, several groups split away.

The lower part of the hull seems to have split away before the bow and stern separated.