Rend /(rĕnd)/

Rend

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Rent; p. pr. & vb. n. Rending

  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.

Phrases & Compounds
To rap and rend
See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.

Rend

v. i.
  1. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.