mindmap root((撕裂)) tear implies a pulling apart by force that leaves ragged edges: ~ up lettuce for a salad. rip implies a pulling apart in one rapid uninterrupted motion often along a seam or joint: ~ped the jacket along the seams. rend often rhetoric in tone, implies violent or ruthless severing or sundering: an angry mob ~ed his clothes. split implies a cutting or breaking apart in a continuous, straight, and usually lengthwise direction or in the direction of grain or layers: ~ logs for firewood. cleave implies a forcible cutting or splitting with a blow of an edged weapon or tool: a bolt of lightning ~d the giant oak. rive suggests action rougher or more violent than split or cleave: a friendship ~n by jealousy.