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split, rent

n. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

riptide, crosscurrent, tide rip

n. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

split, tear, rent

n. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

blood, rake, profligate, roue, rouée, rouee

n. a dissolute man in fashionable society

rip

v. cut (wood) along the grain

pull, rive, rend

v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

break, breakage, breaking

n. the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

rupture

n. the act of making a sudden noisy break

separation

n. the act of dividing or disconnecting

schism, split

n. division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

undercurrent, undertide

n. a current below the surface of a fluid

riptide, rip current

n. a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

rift

n. a narrow fissure in rock

chink

n. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

flirt, vamp, coquette, vamper, minx, prickteaser

n. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Corinthian, playboy, man-about-town, man about town

n. a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet, rogue

n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate

n. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

cleave, make by cutting into

v. make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

part, separate, divide, take apart, pull apart, disunite, force apart

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

break, split up, separate, fall apart, come apart

v. become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

split, tear, cleave, rive

v. part

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

come off, detach, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

section, segment

v. divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

break up, sever

v. set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

fracture, crack

v. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

burst, bust, shatter

v. "The wine glass shattered"

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

cut

v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

cut, separate with an instrument

v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

disjoin, disjoint, make disjoint

v. make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

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