Antonyms for rending

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rend

Phonetic Transcription : rɛnd

Definition of rending

Origin : Old English rendan, hrendan "to tear, cut down," from West Germanic *randijanan (cf. Old Frisian renda "to cut, break," Middle Low German rende "anything broken," German Rinde "bark, crust"), probably related to rind. Related: Rended; rent; rending.

verb tear
verb divide

Example sentences :

She managed it with difficulty between the convulsions that were rending her.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

By a rending effort of the will he woke the rest of the room up.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

There was a cracking and rending of timbers, and the water rushed in.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

It's the devil that has entered into his heart and is rending him.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

With a rending crash it gave, and they fell sprawling into the cabin.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

Promptly, with a sound of rending wood, the top flew half-way up.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

The rending noises of the ice in all directions were distinct and fearful.
Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell

The Veronese were for rending their hearts and not their rulers that day.
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

It was an explosion, yes, but subtly different from the rending snap of hexynitrate.
Extract from : « Morale » by Murray Leinster

There was a rending, crashing roar, a sea of flame—and darkness.
Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell

Synonyms for rending

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