SQUARCIARE. STRACCIARE. DIVIDERE. STRAPPARE. SRADICARE. STRAPPARSI
rend
\rend\, v. i. to be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. taylor.
rend
\rend\ (r&ebreve;nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. rent (r?nt); p. pr. & vb. n. rending.] [as. rendan, hrendan; cf. ofries. renda, randa, fries. renne to cut, rend, icel. hrinda to push, thrust, as. hrindan; or cf. icel. r&?;na to rob, plunder, ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, w. rhanu, armor. ranna.]
1. 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. the dreadful thunder doth rend the region.
2. to part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. an empire from its old foundations rent. i will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 kings xi. 11.
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