rend asunder
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The ship is made to struggle with the elements, and the giant has been tamed to obedience, and is manacled in bonds which an earthquake would hardly rend asunder.
From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
By-and-bye the land, as if by some magic power, seems to rend asunder, and we find ourselves in a narrow channel, with well-wooded eminences on either hand, clothed with handsome fir trees.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.
It will perhaps be said, that the refusal to believe in these systems, will rend asunder one of the most powerful bonds of society, by making the sacredness of an oath vanish.
From The System of Nature, Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'
Tremendous new forces would rend asunder the Earth, its moon, and Antrid.
From The Copper-Clad World by Vincent, Harl
S: The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
