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rive
Synonyms and Antonyms of rive
1
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair
2
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it
Synonym Discussion of rive
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- tear up the letter
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- ripped the shirt on a nail
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- an angry mob rent the prisoner's clothes
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- split logs for firewood
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- a bolt of lightning cleaved the giant oak
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- a political party riven by conflict
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