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Synonyms
rend (rĕnd)

[Middle English renden, from Old English rendan.]

verb: rent (rĕnt) or rend·ed, rend·ing, rends. 

transitive verb 

  1. To tear or split apart or into pieces violently. See synonyms at tear1
  2. To tear (one's garments or hair) in anguish or rage.
  3. To tear away forcibly; wrest.
  4. To pull, split, or divide as if by tearing: “Chip was rent between the impulse to laugh wildly and a bitterness that threatened hot tears” (Louis Auchincloss)
  5. To pierce or disturb with sound: a scream rent the silence.
  6. To cause pain or distress to: tales that rend the heart.

intransitive verb 

To become torn or split; come apart.