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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While such attacks are not unprecedented — Iranian strikes hit data centers in Bahrain and the UAE earlier this year — their fallout reaches far beyond the battlefield, disrupting the services civilians and businesses rely on.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 11 Oct. 2026
In Belgium, meanwhile, students joined demonstrations alongside striking workers as the country's two largest labour unions staged a national strike on Friday, disrupting public transport, air travel and other sectors.

— Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

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The bit caught a pipe strap and wrenched him off a ladder, tearing off his thumb and mangling his hand.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
That, however, shouldn’t take away from something quite impressive in that Bell, less than 11 months removed from tearing his ACL, looks to be rounding into form.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

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So joining at all was breaking the rules and keeping a secret.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
The punch-worthy parody of Altman’s characterization ramps up once he’s motivated to push back against — or trample over — the safety guardrails that Ilya prizes above all else, but so does the depth of his world-breaking cynicism.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

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Apart from the group’s buy-in to doing the little things, its commitment to unselfish football keeps one of the most dynamic running games in the country from fracturing.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
But after an initial surge in interest in Turning Point, with new chapters popping up at high schools and colleges across the country, the future of the organization in a fracturing MAGA movement now seems less certain one year later.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

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