Rending has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
1
The act by which something is rent, or torn.
Verb
1
present participle of rend
Adjective
1
resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
"the tree split with a great ripping sound"
"heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"