RIVING Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

riving

verb

present participle of rive

as in disrupting

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 tearing

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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Researchers have identified hormone-disrupting and asthma-associated chemicals in some consumer products and continue to investigate combinations of chemicals that may warrant closer testing.

— Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Its tendency to rapidly reproduce, forming dense colonies on underwater surfaces, can clog pipes, pumps and critical water infrastructure while disrupting local ecosystems.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026

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Let’s commit to pausing tearing each other down before ripping up and rewriting our stories and objects.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
Both the military and the general public read it voraciously, desperate to understand the war tearing their young utopia apart.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

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Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Hazards include sneaker waves, strong rip currents, and large breaking waves.

— Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Definition of breaking

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Necessary reckonings have pulled the deepest wounds of American history to the surface, fracturing the public into factions of the wronged, the guilty, and those in hysterical denial.

— Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
This is an effort to get through the summer summit period without the Transatlantic Alliance fracturing and breaking apart.

— Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 7 July 2026

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rivulet

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