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verb (v)

• tear or be torn violently(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  pull, rip, rive
  

  source: wordnet30
• To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.(verb)

  source: webster1913