rend

rend

verb

Definition of REND

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it <the prophecy that the disaster would cause people to rend their garments in mourning>

Synonyms rend, ribbon, rip, rive, shred, tatter

Related Words break, cleave, rupture, split; cut, gash, incise, lacerate, slash; butcher, dismember, dissect, hack, mangle