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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrendrend /rend/ verb (past tense and past participle rent /rent/) [transitive] literary BREAKto tear or break something violently into pieces→ See Verb table
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rend• The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.• Historically, as we have seen, the country has been rent by various upheavals, sometimes of a quite violent nature.• Above them, something gave way with a long, rending metallic screech.
Origin rend Old English rendan
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