RIVES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

rives

verb

present tense third-person singular of rive

as in disrupts

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 rips

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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Introducing conscious thoughts actually disrupts this flow and slows down the process.

— Jesse Granger, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The rare condition damages the spinal cord’s protective myelin sheath and disrupts nerve signals between the brain and body.

— Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of disrupts

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Murray, with 128 yards and a touchdown, breaks Hall of Famer Jim Brown’s 56-year-old record.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Back at The Pynk, Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan) dreams of expanding her empire while Roulette breaks the club’s cardinal rule to build hers.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of breaks

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But as measles tears through many of their hometowns in central Pennsylvania, the national conversation has become paradoxically politically charged.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Following her father’s unexpected death, Carrie enters the public high school ecosystem and is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of tears

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As grief turns to accusation, Warmooge’s mother refuses burial without justice, and the village fractures under the weight of uncertainty and pressure to resolve the truth.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
This natural inversion destroys leadership, fractures relationships and halts self-improvement.

— Brendan Keegan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of fractures

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These include immune amnesia, a type of immunosuppression in which the measles virus destroys immune cells and adaptive responses.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Cash flow is a timing problem, not a sales problem, and that difference destroys companies that look profitable on paper.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of destroys

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Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.

— The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
None are quite about the conflicting frames of reference and value that arise when an ancient cultural formation disintegrates and a successor has yet to take its place.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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