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
At least three students are dead and dozens of others may be trapped in the rubble following the collapse at the Al Khoziny boarding school in Sidoarjo, a town about 780 km east of Jakarta, federal emergency officials said.
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Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
Russia launched its first major wave of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in nearly a month, pounding sites across the country on Sunday and leaving Kyiv hardest hit as rescue workers scrambled to pull people from the rubble.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Someone will have to rebuild America from the philosophical rubble to which it is being daily reduced; cities, with their churning cycles of slide and renewal, may produce the kind of leaders that will be desperately needed.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
An artificial peninsula could be constructed on the coast of the Gaza Strip, built in phases from the rubble that the war has produced.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
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Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
Russia launched its first major wave of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in nearly a month, pounding sites across the country on Sunday and leaving Kyiv hardest hit as rescue workers scrambled to pull people from the rubble.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Someone will have to rebuild America from the philosophical rubble to which it is being daily reduced; cities, with their churning cycles of slide and renewal, may produce the kind of leaders that will be desperately needed.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
An artificial peninsula could be constructed on the coast of the Gaza Strip, built in phases from the rubble that the war has produced.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubble
Noun
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Do not burn debris or other items during an air quality alert.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There was wreckage everywhere in the immediate moments that followed a crushing 4-3 loss that will cast doubt on everything the Phillies have built here.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Firefighters removed Pelin from the elevator wreckage before transporting her to a local hospital for treatment, where she was pronounced dead.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But on that record, even the happiest songs had a kind of love-among-the-ruins feel, where the romanticism seemed hard-fought.—
Liz Schubauer,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubble. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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