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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Recent Examples of rubble
Photos taken of the area show Ryan’s former beachfront property has been reduced to rubble.
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The report added that a number of victims are still under the rubble and on roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
After the firefighters had moved on from neighborhoods reduced to rubble, officials from a different arm of local government arrived in white vans.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Dozens of blocks in the seaside neighborhood were flattened to smoldering rubble.
—John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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Latoya Gayle, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The report added that a number of victims are still under the rubble and on roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
After the firefighters had moved on from neighborhoods reduced to rubble, officials from a different arm of local government arrived in white vans.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Dozens of blocks in the seaside neighborhood were flattened to smoldering rubble.
—John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for rubble
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubble. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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