rend

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Definitions

v.

To tear or split something apart with force; to violently divide.

撕裂,劈开,强行分开

n.

A violent tear or split.

裂口,撕裂处

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
rendother
=rend

Common Collocations

  • 1.rend apart撕裂开来
  • 2.rend the air划破空气
  • 3.rend in two一分为二
  • 4.[rend asunder]强行分裂

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The explosion rended the building apart, leaving nothing but rubble.

  • 2.

    A piercing scream rent the silence of the night.

  • 3.

    The civil war threatened to rend the nation apart along ethnic lines.

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