riven

• When a chain is riven, the casual on-looker takes but small interest in the history of each link. —  Dross
• The general character of the scene was severe and savage; the contiguous rocks were black and riven, the hills barren and stony, the granite peaks of the more eminent heights uncovered, except occasionally by the snow. —  Tancred Or, The New Crusade
• Down!" And "down" was his last word, as down on his bullet-riven face he plunged, shot dead through the brain Almost at the same moment McCrea's galloping steed stumbled heavily forward and rolled stiffening on the frozen earth, his gallant rider flung headlong beyond him. —  To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days
• To death my dear is driven, His robe is all to-riven,[350] That by me was him given And shapen with my sides. —  "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays
• No more their souls with racking pains are riven, Their Lord admits them to the peace of heaven; The sinner there, with guilty crime oppressed, Bears on his brow the fears of hell confess'd. —  The Poetry of Wales

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms