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
  • Meanwhile in Romania over the weekend, the Danube plunged to its lowest level in 30 years, according to Reuters, disrupting shipping and leading to restrictions on irrigation.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • At least eight people have died as severe weather continues to sweep across the United States, with flash flooding, powerful thunderstorms and extreme heat disrupting travel and threatening communities on July 19.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Definition of disrupting
Verb
  • The technique works best on blooms with soft petals that are large enough to gently manipulate without tearing or bruising.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
  • This is not about tearing everything down for the thrill of it.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of tearing
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Formulas that contain a high percentage of salicylic acid are always too strong for me, ripping through my skin’s barrier and causing more breakouts and irritation.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 18 July 2026
  • But by 2016, people like me are ripping their hair out in panic.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of ripping
Verb
  • 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
Definition of fracturing
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