Antonyms for rive
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : rahyv |
Phonetic Transcription : raɪv |
Definition of rive
Origin :- "tear in pieces, strike asunder," c.1200, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rifa "to tear apart" (cf. Swedish rifva, Danish rive "scratch, tear"), from PIE root *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" (see riparian).
- verb tear
- verb break
- There was a lightning in his eyes which seemed to rive the spectator.
- Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
- I wouldna care if ye were to rive horse and beast and a' from me now.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- And he tugged at my tail-coat like to rive it off me, your honour.
- Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
- It began at its northernly end in 1855 as boulevard Sbastopol, Rive Gauche.
- Extract from : « Historic Paris » by Jetta S. Wolff
- On the Rive Gauche, the walks at nightfall are more difficult to indicate.
- Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
- I meant them to rive; and see how the cowards have scampered off from them.
- Extract from : « The Kangaroo Hunters » by Anne Bowman
- He gave up his entire day to showing us the beauties of the Rive Gauche.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of a Modest Man » by Robert W. Chambers
- But she was not to come in as a wedge to rive her from this man.
- Extract from : « The Rustler of Wind River » by G. W. Ogden
- There was a lightning in his eye that seemed to rive the spectator.
- Extract from : « The Bobbin Boy » by William M. Thayer
- It has no certain Grain; and it is almost impossible to split or rive it.
- Extract from : « A New Voyage to Carolina » by John Lawson
Synonyms for rive
- annihilate
- batter
- break
- burst
- bust
- bust up
- claw
- cleave
- crack
- crash
- crush
- damage
- demolish
- disintegrate
- divide
- eradicate
- evulse
- extract
- finish off
- fracture
- fragment
- fray
- frazzle
- gash
- grab
- impair
- incise
- injure
- lacerate
- make hash of
- make mincemeat of
- mangle
- mutilate
- part
- pluck
- pull
- pull apart
- pull to pieces
- rend
- ribbon
- rift
- rip
- run
- rupture
- scratch
- seize
- separate
- sever
- shatter
- shiver
- shred
- slash
- slit
- smash
- snap
- snatch
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tear
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- wrench
- wrest
- yank
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