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a
: broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
fortifications knocked into rubble—
C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester
b
: a miscellaneous confused mass or group of usually broken or worthless things
2
: waterworn or rough broken stones or bricks used in coarse masonry or in filling courses of walls
3
: rough stone as it comes from the quarry
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Examples of rubble in a Sentence
Noun
Rescue workers managed to pull two injured people out of the rubble.
The earthquake reduced the whole town to rubble.
Recent Examples on the WebKimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
The life-sized Sentinel head sits on a pile of rubble, a leftover that hasn’t been cleaned up after a previous X-Men battle.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 May 2024
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Noun
Only pieces of the two-story home’s roof and its windows could be made out in the rubble.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
The life-sized Sentinel head sits on a pile of rubble, a leftover that hasn’t been cleaned up after a previous X-Men battle.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for rubble
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubble. Accessed 8 May. 2024.
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