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[ verb ] tear or be torn violently

Synonyms

rip rend pull

Examples

"The curtain ripped from top to bottom" "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Let the water and the blood From Thy riven side '' .

Related terms

tear rent

2
[ verb ] separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

Synonyms

split cleave

Examples

"cleave the bone"

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