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单词 rive
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riveverb [ T ]

/raɪv//raɪv/present participle riving, past tense rived, past participle riven old use or literary

to 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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