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the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed<the remains of the house ripped apart by the tornado littered the block for weeks afterward>Synonymsashes, debris, residue, rubble, ruins, wreck, wreckageRelated Wordsdetritus, flotsam, jetsam; garbage, refuse, trash
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a dead body<archaeologists discovered the remains of an Incan woman and carefully excavated her burial site, which promised to yield important clues about her status>— see corpse
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a remaining group or portion<gathered up the remains of the buffet and delivered them to a local homeless shelter>— see remainder 1
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