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.