RIVED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

rived

verb

past tense of rive

as in disrupted

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 tore

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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Recent Examples of rived Refugee aid programs have resettled many Congolese families in the suburbs north of the nation’s capital, as their nation has been rived by war, unrest and now an Ebola outbreak. — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026

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The president said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s access to Starshield, but Ukrainian soldiers said the service was still disrupted Friday.

— Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Common signs include low energy, disrupted sleep, mood changes and loss of motivation.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of disrupted

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After the Norte fire tore through 570 acres across south Orange County, destroying many homes, everybody needed this.

— Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Haliburton tore his Achilles during Game 7 of the NBA Finals against Oklahoma City in June 2025 and missed the entire 2025-26 season.

— Peter Finney Jr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of tore

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In mid-October, the company announced that the winner had been disqualified after organizers concluded that his use of generative AI broke the rules.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Hours before Meta announced its Q3 results Wednesday, news broke that a New Mexico judge had ordered the company to pay $25 billion in penalties related to the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of broke

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Witnesses said the speeding car jumped over a sidewalk, knocked down a chain-link fence and ripped out another wooden fence before going airborne into the house.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
When the quarterback sneak is ripped from the playbook, creativity isn’t cute.

— Sam McDowell October 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ripped

Verb

Unlike Bedard’s other two injuries (fractured jaw in 2024 and a right shoulder injury last year), the Hawks could at least prepare to be without their current captain.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
With attentions fractured in modern life, Gibney hopes there is some benefit in synthesizing information into a narrative.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

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