Definition of "riven" []

• Past participle of rive (verb)
• Torn apart (adjective)
• Broken into pieces; split asunder (adjective)

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• "He also assumed that the England dressing room was by definition riven with cliques, self-interest and hostility to newcomers."
• "As CEO, Ford was a proponent of fuel-saving and hybrid car technology but struggled to implement that vision or to reform a corporate culture that insiders long described as riven by factions."
• "The licht o 'the can'le had burned up against it, an' riven't a 'to pieces."