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Rive

verb
(past rived; past part. rived; pres. part. riving)
1.
Tear or be torn violently.  Synonyms: pull, rend, rip.  "Pull the cooked chicken into strips"
2.
Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.  Synonyms: cleave, split.






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"Rive" Quotes from Famous Books



... right well that no such thing was possible. Nothing short of such a charge of gunpowder as would rive the whole house of Marnhoul asunder would suffice to clear the staircase of the packing I had given it. So Agnes Anne might just as well have come her ways up-stairs with me. Still, I do not deny that it was thoughtful of her; ...
— The Dew of Their Youth • S. R. Crockett

... Nature is thine own, Floating in air or pent in stone, Will rive the hills and swim the sea, And ...
— A California Girl • Edward Eldridge

... by this time Brian was too well for a hospital. We were at the small, cheap hotel on "la rive gauche" where we'd stayed and been happy three years ago, before starting on our holiday trip. When we came back after the interview with Doctor Cuyler, Brian was looking done up, and I persuaded him to lie down and rest. No one else could have ...
— Everyman's Land • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson



Words linked to "Rive" :   rip, rupture, cleave, laminate, snap, tear, rend, bust, maul, pull



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