rend
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English
Definitions
noun
- A violent separation of parts.
verb
- To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst“Lightning rends an oak.”
- To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.“Relationships may rend if tempers flare.”