REND
- to tear apart forcibly [v RENDED, RENDING, RENDS, RENT]
- to tear apart
- to disturb with noise
- to distress
- to remove from place by violence wrest
- split or tear apart or in pieces by violence
- tear (the hair or clothing) as a sign of anger, grief, or despair
- lacerate mentally or emotionally
- pierce with sound
- divide (as a nation) into contesting factions
- perform an act of tearing or splitting
- become torn or split