rendverb [ T ]
uk/rend/us/rend/rent or US also rended, rent or US also rended old use or literaryto tear or break something violently:
With one stroke of his sword, he rent his enemy's helmet in two.
[ + adj ] Firemen had to rend him free of (= pull him out of) the burning car.
figurative A terrifying scream rent the air.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- break (sth) off
- breakage
- catch
- fall apart
- flake
- fragment
- fragmented
- fray
- frayed
- in ribbons idiom
- knacker
- pull sth apart
- rent
- rip
- shear
- split
- tear sth up
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