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rend

verb as in tear

Strongest match

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Noted playwright Hudes pens a stunning debut novel that rends conventional notions of motherhood.

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For all the rending of garments over the “unelected bureaucrat” parliamentarian usurping their God-given mandate, a good many of them will be relieved.

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Weed heads began gnashing their teeth and rending their garments.

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The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth from those who despise Donald Trump continues inside the Beltway and across the country two weeks after his election to a second presidential term.

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The rending of hair and gnashing of teeth has begun.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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