Словарь синонимов английского языка - 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 dhe 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.