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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Russian shelling has severely damaged two water facilities in northern Donetsk, disrupting the water supply for about 260,000 residents.

Katya Soldak, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
The 50,000 members of the union working at ports from Maine to Texas have been on strike since early Tuesday morning, halting the flow of the majority of containerized imports into the United States, along with many of the exports, disrupting the sales of American businesses overseas.

Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024

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