rend

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rend [rend rends rent rending] BrE [rend] NAmE [rend] verb (rent, rentBrE [rent] ; NAmE [rent] )~ sth (old use or literary)
to tear sth apart with force or violence
•They rent their clothes in grief.
• (figurative)a country rent in two by civil war
• (figurative)Loud screams rent the air.
see also ↑heart-rending
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English rendan; related to Middle Low German rende.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rip, rive, pull