rending English

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rending

— adjective (= ripping, splitting) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree the tree split with a great ripping sound heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward

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rending English » English

tearing

splitting

breaking

ripping

cleaving

bursting

tearing to pieces

tearing open

slitting

opening

bursting forth

bursting asunder

breaking open