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rend

rend [ rend ] (past and past participle rent [ rent ] or rend·ed, present participle rend·ing, 3rd person present singular rends)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb tear something apart: to pull something apart violently, or be pulled apart violently

2. transitive verb tear clothes: to tear or pull clothes or hair, out of rage, frustration, or grief

3. transitive verb take somebody or something away forcibly: to tear or wrest something or somebody away

4. transitive verb shatter something: to disturb the silence or pierce the air with a loud sound
A scream rent the air.

5. transitive verb distress somebody: to cause pain or distress to the heart or emotions

[ Old English rendan< Germanic]

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See tear1.

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