rend
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrendrend /rend/ verb (past tense and past participle rent /rent/) [transitive] literary BREAKto tear or break something violently into pieces→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrend• The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.• Historically, as we have seen, the country has been rent by various upheavals, sometimes of a quite violent nature.• Above them, something gave way with a long, rending metallic screech.Origin rend Old English rendan