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 Families and kids walked over the rubble, carrying bags of groceries and jugs of water. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025 Nearby, her husband owned three sober-living facilities (one burned; the other two are now uninhabitable, surrounded by rubble). Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025 Palestinians carry a body pulled from the rubble of the Qrayqea family house, destroyed in Israeli strikes at dawn in the Shujaiya district in eastern Gaza City. NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025 Mississippi and Missouri saw entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble. David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.

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