Rending (Adjective)
Meaning
Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The air was filled with a rending crash as the two cars collided head-on.
- As the building's foundation gave way, there was a rending splinter of wood loud enough to be heard by everyone nearby.
- The old tree cracked and splintered with a rending snap when struck by lightning.
- There was a rending screech of metal on metal as the trains derailed.
- A rending crack split through the night air as the firework exploded in the sky.