rend

(verb)

verb

1. tear or be torn violently

Similar word(s): pull, rip, rive

Definition categories: contact, bust, rupture, snap, tear

Sentences with rend as a verb:

- Powder rends a rock in blasting.

- Lightning rends an oak.

- Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

- Rending of garments for shiva is a Jewish tradition.