rending

verb

  1. 1

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

    Lightning rends an oak.
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

    Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

noun

  1. 1

    The act by which something is rent, or torn.

    rendings of garments

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