REND

[verb] [T] [past:] rent or US also rended esp. old use or literary - to break (something) violently; tearWith one stroke of his sword he rent his enemy's helmet in two.She screamed and wept and rent her garments (into pieces).Firemen had to rend him free (= pull him out) of the burning car. [+ object + adjective](figurative) A terrifying scream rent the air. [T]