rend asunder
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"Not if she is asking for me," said Rachel, moving on, her heart feeling as if it would rend asunder, but her looks composed.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Looking fiercely up with a madman's impulse to struggle with and rend asunder his opponent, he found himself powerless beneath a calm, stern eye which possessed the mysterious property of quelling frenzy at its height.
From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This was the nation which the Secessionists proposed to rend asunder.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam
A network was around him—around them both—which even Helston Varne’s acumen and infinite resource would be powerless to rend asunder.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
Now is the time to show forth the true signs of God, to rend asunder the veils of idle fancy, to promote the Word of God, and to sacrifice ourselves in His path.
From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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