rend

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

rend (rĕnd)v. rent, (rĕnt) or rend·ed rend·ing, rendsv. tr.
1. To tear or split apart or into pieces violently. See Synonyms at tear¹.
2. To tear (one's garments or hair) in anguish or rage.
3. To tear away forcibly; wrest.
4. To pull, split, or divide as if by tearing: “Chip was rent between the impulse to laugh wildly and a bitterness that threatened hot tears” (Louis Auchincloss).
5. To pierce or disturb with sound:
a scream rent the silence.
6. To cause pain or distress to:
tales that rend the heart.v. intr.
To become torn or split; come apart. [Middle English renden, from Old English rendan.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rip, rive, pull