Chip
Chip verb - Break off (a piece from a whole).
Rive
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
Mutual synonyms
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Rive and Chip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chip/rive
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Rive or Chip. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chip/rive.
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