What is another word for rends?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈɛndz] (IPA)

When it comes to finding synonyms for the word "rends", there are many different options to choose from. One possible option is "tears", which refers to the act of forcefully separating something that was once whole. Another possible synonym for "rends" is "rips", which also suggests the idea of forcefully tearing something apart. Other potential synonyms for "rends" include "shreds", "divides", "splits", "severs", and "breaks". Ultimately, the choice of which synonym to use may depend on the particular context of the sentence and the tone of the overall piece of writing.

What are the hypernyms for Rends?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Rends

A wild scream rends the storm.
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann
Girl, what rends you?
"Yolanda of Cyprus"
Cale Young Rice
To her, Bellingham was living death, the triumph of desire which rends itself, the very essence of tragedy.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort

Famous quotes with Rends

  • There's feasting spread in gorgeous halls, The lamps flash round the city walls, And many a flood of lustre falls O'er many an honoured name. Turn thou from this, and enter where Some mother weeps o'er her despair, Some desolate bride rends her rich hair, Some orphan joins the cry ! Then back again to the death plain, Where lie those whom they weep in vain, And ask, in gazing on the slain, What art thou, Victory ?
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
    Oliver Goldsmith
  • One of the most terrible things about the English education System in Ireland is its ruthlessness…it is cold and mechanical, like the ruthlessness of an immensely powerful engine. A machine vast, complicated… It grinds night and day; it obeys immutable and predetermined laws; it is as devoid of understanding, of sympathy, of imagination, as is any other piece of machinery that performs an appointed task. Into it is fed all raw human material in Ireland; it seizes upon it inexorably and rends and compresses and remoulds...
    Patrick Pearse
  • In every pang that rends the heart The Man of Sorrows had a part
    Michael Bruce
  • Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock; Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering cast their eyes In wild despair; while yet another stroke With strong convulsion rends the solid oak: Ah Heaven!—behold her crashing ribs divide! She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.
    William Falconer

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