rap and rend
To snatch (physically, or steal).
rend
/ɹɛnd/
verb 4noun 1
Collocations
2VERB + REND
sought
REND + NOUN
metal, oak
Definitions
verb
1
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
Powder rends a rock in blasting.
Lightning rends an oak.
2
To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.
a scream that rent the air
We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air.
3
To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
For a time, there reigned, too, a sense of peculiar dread at this flitting apparition, as if it were treacherously beckoning us on and on, in order that the monster might turn round upon us, and rend us at last in the remotest and most savage seas.
4
To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
noun
1
A violent separation of parts.
She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
rend one's garments
To fret or moan in an excessive or theatrical manner.
Yes, my friends, it is amusing to see these new dealers wring their hands and rend their garments on account of the distress of the great army of underprivileged in our country.
Example Bank
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Powder rends a rock in blasting.
Wiktionary02
Lightning rends an oak.
Wiktionary03
If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak / And peg thee in his knotty entrails till / Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters.
Wiktionary04
She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable.
Wiktionary05
But where was he to go, in order to escape the relentless monster that sought to rend him?
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