- rending, ripping, splitting - 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"
Antonyms: euphonious, euphonous (indirect, via cacophonous)
- divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
--1 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun split3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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 sentence:Derived forms: noun split10, noun split5, noun splitter3, noun splitter1
The girls split the wooden sticks
- separate, part, split up, split, break, break up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun split11
Somebody ----s
- separate, part, split - go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
--4 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun split11
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- burst, split, break open - break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"
--5 is one way to break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun split4
The wooden sticks split