Forbes' annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women includes 24 CEOs, 15 billionaires and eight heads of state. The women on the list control $1 trillion in annual revenues. German Chancellor Angela Merkel AP Photo/Michael Probst. For the fifth consecutive year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list.
Rend definition: To rend something means to tear it. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
Tear involves pulling something apart or into pieces: She tore the letter in shreds (Edith Wharton). Rip implies rough or forcible tearing: Carpenters ripped up the old floorboards. Rend usually refers to violent tearing or wrenching apart and often appears in figurative contexts: The air was rent by thunder.ear. vb, tears, tearing, tore or torn. 1. to cause (material, paper, etc) to come apart or (of material, etc) to come apart; rip. 2. (tr) to make (a hole or split) in (something): to tear a hole in a dress.