- rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
--1 is one way to tear, rupture, snap, bust
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- cleave, split, rive - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
--2 is one way to tear
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something