Break up and Rive

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Break up verb - To set or force apart.

Usage example: he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground

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Rive and break up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rive" instead a verb "Break up".

Rive verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

Usage example: road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle

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Break up and rive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break up" instead a verb "Rive".

Nearby Words: river, riven, Riva, riving

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