LekhoriLekhoriTo separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
Powder rends a rock in blasting.
To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.
a scream that rent the air
To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
A violent separation of parts.
She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable.
From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-West Germanic *(h)randijan (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causa...
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