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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Heart-rendingadjective

    Killing with anguish.

    Heart-rending news, and dreadful to those few
    Who her resemble, and her steps pursue;
    That death should licence have to rage among
    The fair, the wise, the virtuous, and the young! Edmund Waller.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heart rending in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heart rending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of heart rending in a Sentence

  1. Gary Herbert:

    The stories of youth who have endured these so-called therapies are heart rending, and I'm grateful that we have found a way forward that will ban conversion therapy forever in our state.

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