Rending

verb

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.verbTo separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst

"Lightning rends an oak."

2.verbTo part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.

3.verbTo be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

"Relationships may rend if tempers flare."

4.nounThe act by which something is rent, or torn.

"rendings of garments"

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