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riving

verb

present participle of rive
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riving
  1. disrupting
  2. tearing
  3. breaking
  4. ripping
  5. fracturing
Verb
  • Different views on the topic The administration and its supporters reject the claim that their election efforts are aimed at disrupting or manipulating voting.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The Panthers were flagged 16 times for 165 yards, disrupting an otherwise dominant performance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of disrupting
Verb
  • People should be building others up rather than tearing them down.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Penix, a first-round pick in 2024, started nine games last season before tearing his left ACL.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of tearing
Verb
  • In eastern Kentucky, Libby Honeycutt listened upstairs to the sound of glass breaking below as floodwaters tore apart her house.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Suzuki got his 234th hit, breaking the previous rookie mark set by Shoeless Joe Jackson with Cleveland in 1911.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of breaking
Verb
  • In nearly a third of petitions, beneficiaries requested a detailed accounting of the trust’s finances, which Horton said reflects beneficiaries who suspected their trustees were mismanaging funds or ripping them off.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Now, the operator can add additional vendors without ripping out its orchestration software, negotiate on outcomes rather than lock-in and upgrade the AI models independently of the hardware.
    — John Healy, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of ripping
Verb
  • The ice groaned and heaved, fracturing as if the river itself had come back to life.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That was until Pogačar crashed, fracturing his collarbone and neck, and abandoning on stage eight.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of fracturing
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“Riving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riving. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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