1. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
   "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"
   - ripping, splitting

1. Tear or be torn violently
   - rip, rive [archaic], pull

See also: cacophonic, cacophonous

Type of: bust, rupture, snap, tear

Encyclopedia: Rend

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