(1) Tear or be torn violently,separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
(2) Tear or be torn violently
(3) Separate or cut with a tool
(4) such as a sharp instrument
(1) The negotiating process usually starts during the summer and leaves the cabinet riven with dispute as ministers fight it out with Minister for Finance for resources.
(2) Since the middle of the 19th century, the world of u2018classical musicu2019 has been a world riven with political factions and contentious publicity.
(3) Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
(4) His work forms a single entity that is full of life, intelligent and open-minded, yet riven with doubt, idiosyncrasy, and contradiction.
(5) Although Disney's company was riven with conflicts after his death, the firm emerged in the mid-1980s as the prototype of a successful international media conglomerate.
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