Synonyms of detritus

detritus

noun

as in debris

the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed

the expanse of tree stumps represented the detritus of a vast forest that had been mercilessly clear-cut

Synonyms & Similar Words

• debris
• rubble
• wreckage
• ruins
• remains
• ashes
• remnant
• residue
• wreck
• flotsam
• leavings
• dust
• garbage
• junk
• jetsam
• litter
• trash
• chaff
• dross
• rubbish
• waste
• refuse
• deadwood
• scrap
• riffraff

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