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/rɛnd/
verb
- To tear or split something apart with force or violence.
- She rent the letter into tiny pieces in anger.
- The explosion rent the building in two.
- The wolf's claws rent the deer's flesh.
- To cause great emotional pain or distress; to tear at the heart.
- The tragic news rent her heart with grief.
- His betrayal rent the family apart.
- The cries of the wounded rent the air.