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verb rent, rending
- old use:
1. To tear something apart, especially using force or violence; to split.
- Thesaurus: rip, tear, break, hurt, rupture, cleave, separate, split, divide, lacerate.
2. To tear or split, especially violently or with force.
3. To tear something forcibly or violently away from someone.
4. To tear (one's hair, clothes, etc) in grief, rage, etc.
5. Said of a noise: to disturb (the silence, the air, etc) with a loud, piercing sound.
