English-French translations for rend

• déchirer
• rompre
  La crise de la vache folle devrait amener à rompre avec la logique actuelle ultra-libérale et productiviste, préjudiciable aux intérêts des producteurs et des consommateurs. The mad cow crisis should break this current trend towards an ultra-liberal and production-oriented trend, which is against the interests of farmers and consumers alike.

Definition of rend

• To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
• To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate
• To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split
• A violent separation of parts

Examples

• Powder rends a rock in blasting.
• Lightning rends an oak.
• Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

Related words

• trend
• rendition
• surrender
• reverend
• render
• rendezvous
• referendum
• renderer
• Brendan