rend

(rĕnd)

v., rent (rĕnt), or rend·ed, rend·ing, rends.

v.tr.

1. To tear or split apart or into pieces violently. See synonyms at tear¹.
2. To tear (one's garments or hair) in anguish or rage.
3. To tear away forcibly; wrest.
4. To pull, split, or divide as if by tearing: "Chip was rent between the impulse to laugh wildly and a bitterness that threatened hot tears" (Louis Auchincloss).
5. To pierce or disturb with sound: a scream rent the silence.
6. To cause pain or distress to: tales that rend the heart.

v.intr.
To become torn or split; come apart.

[Middle English renden, from Old English rendan.]

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verb

To separate or pull apart by force: rip, rive, run, split, tear¹. See assemble/disassemble, help/harm/harmless.

IN BRIEF: To tear or split apart with force. Also: To pierce with sound.

Nature chose for a tool, not the earthquake or lightning to rend and split asunder, not the stormy torrent or eroding rain, but the tender snow-flowers noiselessly falling through unnumbered centuries. — John Muir (1838-1914)

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• Violent Actions - rend: tear apart, split; rive

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rive, flå, gennemskære, flænge, sønderrive
v. intr. - splitte

Nederlands (Dutch)
(af-/weg)scheuren, verbreken, verdelen, verdeeld worden, emotioneel kwetsen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) déchirer
v. intr. - (lit, fig) déchirer

Deutsch (German)
v. - reißen, zerreißen, spalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (κατα)σχίζω/-ομαι, ξεσχίζω/-ομαι, σπαράσσω/-ομαι, αποσχίζω/-ομαι, αποσπώ/-ώμαι

Italiano (Italian)
strappare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - rasgar

Русский (Russian)
разрывать, отрывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - rasgar, desgarrar
v. intr. - rasgarse, dividirse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - spricka, slita, klyva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分裂, 强夺, 劈开, 撕开, 裂开

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 分裂, 強奪, 劈開
v. intr. - 撕開, 裂開, 分裂

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 찢다, 나누다, 강탈하다
v. intr. - 찢어 지다, 쪼개지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 引き裂く, 分裂させる, もぎ取る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينزع بقوه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קרע, תלש בכוח, גרם לכאב לב‬
v. intr. - ‮נקרע, היה מחולק‬

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