Cut
Rend
Rend verb - To cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it.
Usage example: the prophecy that the disaster would cause people to rend their garments in mourning
Cut is a synonym for rend in action topic. You can use "Cut" instead a verb "Rend", if it concerns topics such as divide.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Although the description of Cuchulain's chariot as being festooned with hooks, blades and scythes on the wheels so as to rend and cut down the foe had one surprising consequence.
Source: Anachronism Stew / Literature
Cite this Source
Rend and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/rend
Cut & Rend. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/rend>.
Rend or Cut. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/rend.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "cut" and "rend" have occurred on timeline