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variants:
also rived
past participle of rive
Synonyms & Antonyms of riven
1
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
- road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle
Synonyms for riven
- broken,
- broken up,
- busted
- (also bust),
- disintegrated,
- dismembered,
- disrupted,
- fractured,
- fragmented
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2
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it
- the bitter disappointment threatened to rive my heart in two
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“Riven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riven. Accessed 22 May. 2022.
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