rend
UK/rend/US
TOEFLGREC2
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 Englishrendother
=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.