Violence of Birth

rend
/rend/

verb

1. tear (something) into two or more pieces.
   "snapping teeth that would rend human flesh to shreds"
   synonyms:tear/rip apart, tear/rip in two, split, rupture, sever

   • archaic
     wrench (something) violently.
     "he rent the branch out of the tree"

   • literary
     cause great emotional pain to (a person or their heart).

rend·er
/'rendər/

verb

1. provide or give (a service, help, etc.).
   "money serves as a reward for services rendered"
   synonyms:give, provide, supply, furnish, contribute

2. cause to be or become; make.
   "the rains rendered his escape impossible"
   synonyms:make, cause to be/become, 
   "her fury rendered her speechless"

noun

1. a first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.

-er

1.

a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor ( hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode ( Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance ( six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner).

2.

a suffix serving as the regular English formative of agent nouns, being attached to verbs of any origin ( bearer; creeper; employer; harvester;teacher; theorizer).