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| rend [ rend ] (past and past participle rent [ rent ] or rend·ed, present participle rend·ing, 3rd person present singular rends) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb tear something apart: to pull something apart violently, or be pulled apart violently
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2. transitive verb tear clothes: to tear or pull clothes or hair, out of rage, frustration, or grief
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3. transitive verb take somebody or something away forcibly: to tear or wrest something or somebody away
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4. transitive verb shatter something: to disturb the silence or pierce the air with a loud sound
  A scream rent the air.
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5. transitive verb distress somebody: to cause pain or distress to the heart or emotions
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| [ Old English rendan< Germanic] |
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