riveverb [ T ]
/raɪv//raɪv/present participle riving, past tense rived, past participle riven old use or literaryto cut something apart with great force:
It may thus be seen that the riving of the heart by the sword symbolises the final rupture of Daughter from Mother.
to divide people:
Such conclusions have begun a debate that has increasingly riven archaeologists.
See also
riven
More examples
- Brutus hath riven my heart.
- But already news of the majority's wishes has rived the district.
- The hatreds that rive the small band of women MPs have to be experienced to be believed.
- The controversy about Blackwater has riven the community's social fabric.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- branch
- disestablish
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- drift
- pull sth/sb apart
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- riven
- tear 1
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