REND

v. 1 rip or tear or pull (to pieces or apart or asunder), wrench, mangle, shred The bully threatened to rend me limb from limb 2 split, tear, rip, rupture, cleave, split, rive, separate, slice, lacerate When the balloon was rent from top to bottom, the basket fell to the ground 3 pain, distress, pierce, stab, smite, wound, afflict, torment, wring, hurt My heart was rent by conflicting emotions