to rive
2
9.9
- verb
- /raɪv/
:
desgarrar
- In recent years, this most valuable foreign policy asset has been endangered by the growing international perception of America as a society riven by crime, violence, drug abuse, racial tension, family breakdown, fiscal irresponsibility, political gridlock, and increasingly acrimonious political discourse in which extreme points of view make the biggest headlines.
Examples
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During the storm, the wind rived the old tree, snapping it violently into pieces.
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In particular, they were completely riven over the slavery issue.
Blog text (2) -
Contemporary politics is riven by the failure to come to grips with the problem.
Academic text (2001) -
Their three-way partnership was riven with strife.
Fiction book (1998) -
By the time the Danish Constitution established religious freedom in 1849, the church was riven with regional and theological factionalism.
Academic text (1995) -
The earthquake rived the ground, creating deep fissures that split the landscape in half.
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He rived the wooden board in two with a powerful strike from the axe.
Synonyms
646
1.7
To tear quickly and forcefully
95
6.8
To break open suddenly and violently
12
3.0
To pull something off quickly until it rips
10
8.7
To pull something apart with great force
8
8.0
To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe
8
2.8
To tear something into small pieces
6
4.5
To pull something off quickly with force
1
9.9
To tear something away suddenly by force
1
4.1
To split or break apart suddenly
To split something violently or cause deep division
Pull something away suddenly with great force
To tear something into separate parts, usually by force
Antonyms
Compounds
The south bank of the Seine in Paris where cafes, bookshops, artists, and students gather
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Etymology
The word rive comes from the old English rīfan meaning 'to tear', and you can see the same root in the word riven, which means 'torn apart', and in rift meaning 'split'. So, rive can mean both a physical splitting and a strong emotional tearing, as when a heart is 'riven' with grief.