to rend
10
8.7
- verb
- /rɛnd/
:
desgarrar
- During the storm, the wind was strong enough to rend branches from the trees.
- rend the fabric
- threatens to rend
Examples
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The angry dog lunged forward to rend the intruder's clothes with its sharp teeth.
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We are sworn to stand side by side—not rend each other like beasts.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now I wish to give them the chance to meet me on the field of battle where I will rend their souls from their bodies.
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I shall rend his head from his shoulders.
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- Tell him, or I will rend your flesh and feed you to the rats!
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Launch forward, leap on him, rend him to the ground, with the trophy to the first to touch him!
Fiction book (1993) -
The monster before me took this opportunity to advance, nails raised to rend or strangle.
Fiction book (1990) -
The separation, Buck told another friend shortly afterward, "rended flesh from flesh."
Academic text (2003) -
their lives exude a beautiful simplicity-- savage, ruthless, existing only to devour and destroy, to taste blood, to rend flesh.
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She sets up a ruckus and grabs hold of his garment he's wearing and rends it in two before he can get clear.
Synonyms
646
1.7
To tear quickly and forcefully
311
2.1
To break something into many pieces using great force
164
1.4
Break open suddenly because of pressure inside
112
2.6
To tear something into small thin pieces
95
6.8
To break open suddenly and violently
72
2.8
To break suddenly into many small pieces, like glass
39
2.7
To rip something into small pieces
34
5.8
To break something into pieces by hitting it hard
26
3.0
To separate into pieces, for example a machine or a group
24
4.8
To pull something out with force
21
6.1
To badly cut, tear, or crush and cause a serious physical injury
13
2.1
To open something suddenly by force, for example a locked door or jar
12
3.0
To pull something off quickly until it rips
9
9.0
To divide something into parts, often breaking a company or country
9
3.5
To break a piece from something with a quick, sharp movement
8
2.8
To tear something into small pieces
6
4.5
To pull something off quickly with force
5
4.7
To damage something very badly so it breaks into pieces
3
8.7
To break something into parts by force
2
9.9
To tear something violently or be torn apart, often used for feelings
2
3.5
To come off a larger thing, often because of force or damage
1
9.9
To tear something away suddenly by force
To tear something into separate parts, usually by force
Pull something away suddenly with great force
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Etymology
Rend comes from old English roots meaning 'to tear'. You can remember it from the past form rent, which means 'torn', so to rend is to tear something forcefully or be torn apart.