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
Nineteen people were killed, and more than 4,400 homes were reduced to ash and toxic rubble.
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Jill Cowan, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The rubble of a building bombed by Russian forces in Kramatorsk recently.
—Richard Engel, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
By 1984, with help from Genevieve Brooks’s organization, families were moving into ranch houses on the former rubble field where Carter had once stood—wildflowers blooming in the burn scar.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Experts agree that nuclear deterrence is not a pure numbers game (all sides would soon just be irradiating rubble).
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
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Jill Cowan, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The rubble of a building bombed by Russian forces in Kramatorsk recently.
—Richard Engel, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
By 1984, with help from Genevieve Brooks’s organization, families were moving into ranch houses on the former rubble field where Carter had once stood—wildflowers blooming in the burn scar.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Experts agree that nuclear deterrence is not a pure numbers game (all sides would soon just be irradiating rubble).
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubble
Noun
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Vipsun Cordless Vacuum Run the vacuum over hard floors and carpets to suck up dirt, pet hair, dust, crumbs and other debris.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Second, wind can blow dust, leaves, sticks, and other debris onto your wet stain, leaving a mess that is nearly impossible to clean up.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For 9/11, three New York City firefighters raising an American flag amid the wreckage of the World Trade Center.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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What can be pieced together shows a man who reinvented himself repeatedly, leaving wreckage behind each time.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean just south of France's Corsica, is famed for its beaches and ancient ruins.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Well, or how the ancient ruins of Petra stole the show in the final scenes of Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).—
Mathew Scott,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubble. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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