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
Once secured, these areas can commence clearing rubble, removing unexploded munitions, and restoring basic services.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Cari said the worker was extracted from the rubble and was being taken to a hospital by ambulance with a police escort.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
Some wonky orbital math suggests that Jupiter’s gravitational influence could have condensed rubble from the breakup into such a grouping.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2025
In Hula, Chreim's three-story house is now a pile of stone rubble and twisted iron.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Cari said the worker was extracted from the rubble and was being taken to a hospital by ambulance with a police escort.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
Some wonky orbital math suggests that Jupiter’s gravitational influence could have condensed rubble from the breakup into such a grouping.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2025
In Hula, Chreim's three-story house is now a pile of stone rubble and twisted iron.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubble
Noun
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Gas and dust fall into a rotating disk around the black hole, and as the debris spirals more rapidly, it becomes superheated, releasing intense radiation.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But while the school still stood relatively unscathed on its steel pilings more than 20 feet above the muck and wreckage, there were other problems inside.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Chreim, 74, finds the names of his grandmother and grandfather among the broken pieces of marble before heading to the ruins of his home.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Mogetta said that field work in 2026 and 2027 will reveal more of the ruins.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubble. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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