rending Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb tear or be torn violently
    rive; pull; rend; rip.
    • The curtain ripped from top to bottom
    • pull the cooked chicken into strips
  2. adjective satellite resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
    splitting; ripping.
    • the tree split with a great ripping sound
    • heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward

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