rend

About 0.93 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   Powder rends a rock in blasting.

2. verb To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.

   a scream that rent the air

3. verb To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
4. verb To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

   Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

5. noun A violent separation of parts.

Similar words

rive pull rip tear cleave wrest split compt rift break

Often followed by

the and it his asunder their your them him

Word family

rended rending rends rent