secedes
- present tense form of secede (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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If Scotland secedes, the UK itself could be the next to change what it calls itself.
From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2016
By a popular referendum attended by some 80 percent of eligible state voters, Maloney’s Texas secedes on April 1, 2013.
From Slate • Sep. 6, 2013
Q. Will the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans still be eligible to play in the NFL once Texas secedes from the United States?
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2013
It is a countdown to January 9th, the day a referendum is scheduled to decide whether the southern part of this country secedes from the north and becomes its own nation.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2010
October 15th.—Bavarian army secedes and joins the Austrians.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe
