Also means
to rip apart
Usage Note
Squarciare means to rip or tear something forcibly — a veil, a wound, silence, the sky. Squarciare il silenzio (to shatter the silence) and squarciare le nuvole (to tear through the clouds) are common figurative uses. It takes avere as auxiliary and is a regular -are verb.
Examples
"Un lampo ha squarciato il cielo notturno."
Natural Translation
A lightning bolt tore open the night sky.
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