Synonyms of rived

rived

verb

past tense of rive

1

as in disrupted

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly

road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupted
• broke
• fractured
• destroyed
• disintegrated
• shattered
• reduced
• fragmented
• broke up
• busted
• ruined
• smashed
• crushed
• dismembered
• wrecked
• pulverized
• split
• ground
• blasted
• powdered
• exploded
• cracked
• popped
• detonated
• burst
• shivered
• chipped
• splintered
• blew up
• atomized
• slivered
• imploded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repaired
• fixed
• reconstructed
• rebuilt
• healed
• mended
• patched
• renovated
• reconditioned
• doctored

2

as in tore

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it

the bitter disappointment threatened to rive my heart in two

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tore
• ripped
• shredded
• tattered
• rent
• cleaved
• broke
• split
• cut
• ribboned
• ruptured
• incised
• slashed
• lacerated
• gashed
• dissected
• butchered
• hacked
• mangled
• dismembered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rived

Refugee aid programs have resettled many Congolese families in the suburbs north of the nation’s capital, as their nation has been rived by war, unrest and now an Ebola outbreak. — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026