Rend and Split

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Rend

Rend verb - To cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it.

Usage example: the prophecy that the disaster would cause people to rend their garments in mourning

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Split is a synonym for rend in tear topic. In some cases you can use "Split" instead a verb "Rend", when it comes to topics like action, cut, divide, assemble.

Nearby Words: render, rending

Split

Split verb - To set or force apart.

Usage example: split logs for the winter's supply of wood

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Rend is a synonym for split in cut topic. You can use "Rend" instead a verb "Split", if it concerns topics such as assemble, tear, break up, tear asunder. literary substitute

Nearby Words: splice, splitting, splitter

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Common collocations

soul	rend soul	split soul
character	rend character	split character
body	rend body	split body
time	rend time	split time
Other words: earth, planet.

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