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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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in plastics, pesticides, skincare products and food additives can interfere with hormone receptors and disturb reproductive hormone balance at younger ages.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Riverside County has embraced the approach in hopes of disrupting the drug trade and preventing overdoses.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

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San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch confirmed George Kittle is pushing to play in the season opener despite tearing his Achilles in January.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Bronin and Larson ignore Gilchrest, who on June 30 had a paltry $35,000 to spend in the final weeks of the campaign, and concentrate on tearing chunks out of each other.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

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The club have responded by spending over £250m ($330m) on improving their squad this summer, twice breaking their transfer record with the signings of midfielders Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali.

— Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Solve Problems Beyond Your Job Description The first step to breaking a rut is to stop asking for permission and tackle a problem entirely outside your job description.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of breaking

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This video shows firefighters battling fierce flames ripping through vegetation, propelled, in part, by strong gusts of wind.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Nu Jazz put the effort in to really get underneath all these sounds, ripping out their guts and figuring out how to jam with the entrails.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026

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