rend asunder

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ATHENIAN: In this discordant and inconsistent fashion does the language of the many rend asunder the honourable and just.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

S: The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is ever brought to fulfillment.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

He has lived through wars, insurrections, and revolutions, and with skill and tact has held in check all the contending factions which have striven and are still striving to rend asunder his empire.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

The 1, 8, 4, 12 is to rend asunder.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 by Dodge, Mary Mapes

And whenever it is attempted to be stretched over them, it will rend asunder.

From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander