rend
verb[T]
old useorliteraryuk/rend/us/rend/rentorUSalsorended|rentorUSalsorendedtotearorbreaksomethingviolently:
(用力)撕碎,打碎With onestrokeof hissword, he rent his enemy'shelmetintwo.他一剑将敌人的头盔劈成两半。
[+ adj]Firemen had to rend himfreeof(=pullhim out of)theburningcar.消防员不得不将他从燃烧的轿车中强行拖出。
figurativeAterrifyingscreamrenttheair.一声可怕的尖叫划破天空。
Synonyms
rip
tear(PULL APART)
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- catch
- crack
- fall apart
- fall to piecesidiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- rip
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
- torn