rending Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb tear or be torn violently
rive; pull; rend; rip.
- The curtain ripped from top to bottom
- pull the cooked chicken into strips
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adjective satellite resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
splitting; ripping.
- the tree split with a great ripping sound
- heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward