RIVES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

rives

verb

present tense third-person singular of rive

as in disrupts

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle

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as in rips

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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Strong wind shear tilts the nascent storm, disrupts its core and interferes with the upward transport of heat and moisture that fuels tropical storms and hurricanes.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Oil jumps another 3% to nearly $95 a barrel as war with Iran disrupts tankers, pressuring corporate profits and reviving inflation fears that could trigger more rate hikes.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of disrupts

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It’s followed by Watts, coming in on drums slightly offbeat, and then Richards, who rips the song open with his five-string open G tuning technique.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
During his tour, a solar flare causes an electromagnetic disturbance that rips through the systems of civilization and into the data center.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of rips

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And enigmatic quarterbacks who have flashed in the past but are hoping their new situation is the one where everything breaks right.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 22 July 2026
The latest update breaks the numbers down by gender for the first time, and young women in the Canaries sample do show weaker employment growth than young men in the same 22-to-25 age bracket.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of breaks

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When a testicle ruptures, the tough outer covering, called the tunica albuginea, actually tears open after an extremely forceful blow.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 22 July 2026
Carter further complicates things in last week’s episode, when he drunkly tears an animal mount off the wall during Oreana’s grandmother’s big party at the 10-Petal Ranch.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026

Definition of tears

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As Catherine, the niece Eddie has raised as his own, falls in love with Rodolpho, Eddie’s protectiveness curdles into jealousy, setting him on a course toward an irreversible act of betrayal that fractures his family and his community.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 July 2026
And Mary’s electric, palpably physical pursuit of justice becomes even more crucial in the final act, after a grotesque display of performative mockery toward Māori culture fractures the last remnants of civility present amid one of Cole’s lavish-yet-repulsive gatherings.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 May 2026

Definition of fractures

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Zeus obliges, striking their ship with a thunderbolt that destroys it and kills every member of Odysseus’ crew except the king himself.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
Zeus destroys Odysseus’ last ship, killing his crew and leaving Odysseus as the only survivor.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of destroys

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Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.

— The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
None are quite about the conflicting frames of reference and value that arise when an ancient cultural formation disintegrates and a successor has yet to take its place.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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