rend asunder

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It was said of Phidias's Jupiter seated in Olympus, that were he ever to stand erect the sudden uprising would rend asunder the vaulted roof.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

One thing Hogni Had for answer, Fallen from his high heart, Full of all trouble: "More greeting yet, O Gudrun, for thee, If my heart the ravens Should rend asunder!"

From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William

S: The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.

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

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 Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The mighty struggle was to rend asunder these new-formed and holy ties.

From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna