rend
to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
to tear apart, split, or divide: racial tension that is rending the nation.
to pull or tear violently (often followed by away, off, up, etc.).
to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc.
to disturb (the air) sharply with loud noise.
to harrow or distress (the heart) with painful feelings.
to split or tear something.
to become torn or split.
Origin of rend
1synonym study For rend
Other words for rend
Other words from rend
- rend·i·ble, adjective
Words Nearby rend
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How to use rend in a sentence
With him, all the emotional clothes-rending and finger-wagging around the climate crisis is gone.
California’s Forever Fire | by Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica, photography by Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Magazine | January 3, 2022 | ProPublicaAlthough voices have emerged calling on David to resign, other LGBTQ leaders have come to David’s defense and others say they’re awaiting further information before rending a judgment.
HRC announces independent review of president ensnared in N.Y. AG report | Chris Johnson | August 9, 2021 | Washington BladeTwo years ago, Microsoft had a heart-rending ad showing disabled children using its adaptive Xbox controller and Google also had me near tears with its ad showing the power of its realtime translation app.
Yet many zombies exist in an advanced state of decomposition, and lack the strength to rend and devour for themselves.
C'est ce qui rend les Sauvages vagabons, & fait qu'ilz ne peuvent vivre en vne place.
O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThere was no time to have a care for sunken bowlders, reaching up to rend the thin bottom.
Overland | John William De ForestHe answered that he had not; and therefore the Thing threatened to rend him in pieces, but he got rid of it by calling upon God.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adams"Positive, Citizen," Barrent said, wondering if rend had recognized him.
The Status Civilization | Robert Sheckley
British Dictionary definitions for rend
/ (rɛnd) /
to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip
(tr) to tear or pull (one's clothes, etc), esp as a manifestation of rage or grief
(tr) (of a noise or cry) to disturb (the air, silence, etc) with a shrill or piercing tone
(tr) to pain or distress (the heart, conscience, etc)
Origin of rend
1Derived forms of rend
- rendible, adjective
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