as in debris
the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed
clearing the rubble after the earthquake
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Some of them are pure awful, but others have discernible hints of genius lost amidst all the narrative rubble and CGI noise.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Unlike Gaza, where apartment buildings and other structures were turned into rubble by the Israeli Defense Forces following the Oct 7.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A massive fire tore through a Brooklyn church Wednesday, reducing the century-old house of worship to a pile of smoldering rubble, the FDNY said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The collection of works for this show, featuring a number of new pieces, mixes glass, earth, stone, lace and bronze elements, along with some bronze cast and borosilicate glass forms that Akashi recovered from the rubble of her studio.
—The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Unlike Gaza, where apartment buildings and other structures were turned into rubble by the Israeli Defense Forces following the Oct 7.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A massive fire tore through a Brooklyn church Wednesday, reducing the century-old house of worship to a pile of smoldering rubble, the FDNY said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
The collection of works for this show, featuring a number of new pieces, mixes glass, earth, stone, lace and bronze elements, along with some bronze cast and borosilicate glass forms that Akashi recovered from the rubble of her studio.
—The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubble. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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