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What does heartrending mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word heartrending? Here's what it means.

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  1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress
  2. That elicits deep sympathy
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Slowly, the images of rehearsal give way to the ultimate performance, a heartrending yet minimalist staging of original choreography.
These cases involve terrible, heartrending pain, which is also worthy of comment by this House.
The cantor's solo is the most passionate, heartrending music of the liturgical year.
A long, silvery howl echoed out over the trees, one of grief and heartrending sorrow.
Thousands of people have been displaced and this is extremely sorrowful and heartrending.
The court proceedings were long and heartrending for both parties involved.

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