1. (

• rend ,
• rip ,
• rive ,
• pull ,

) tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" ;

1. (

• rending ,
• 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" ;