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pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around- She swept up the debris.
debris = pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
- They think they found debris from the missing airplane floating in the gulf.
- Debris from floods had caught in the limbs,Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows
- Squatting close to the ground, he followed the long shadow cast by the continuous mounds of mining debris.Leslie Marmon Silko -- Ceremony
- She lay awake, gazing upon the debris that cluttered their matrimonial trail.Zora Neale Hurston -- Sweat
- Feeling it everywhere under my feet, I knew that the cay was littered with debris.Theodore Taylor -- The Cay
- A huge spiraling gout of sparks and flaming debris rushed up into the howling winter night.Stephen King -- The Shining
- He's tough," I said, and dropped down on the sofa among the debris.Louis L'Amour -- The Broken Gun
- I couldn't see Ari anywhere, but I did see a couple pairs of feet sticking out from beneath piles of debris.James Patterson -- School's Out - Forever
- And there was a lot of debris?Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
- He moved up the side of the rubble and began digging around the debris with his bare hands.R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
- It's like watching a video of an explosion played backward, every piece of debris being sucked back into place, like nothing ever happened.Katja Millay -- The Sea of Tranquility
- The road was littered with debris and it was work to get the cart through.Cormac McCarthy -- The Road
- Then came the explosion, a thunderous, groundshaking eruption right outside, followed by a hail of pebbles and debris.Roger Zelazny -- My Name is Legion
- There was a stale, foul smell from all the debris.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- Ahead, the door of the car pushed open slightly, but it was blocked by debris on either side.Nicholas Sparks -- Safe Haven
- A skeleton with a tangle of brown hair adhering to it lay among the debris.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- By midweek, hopes for the block party started to disappear, the weeks of planning washed through the rusted drains with the gutters' debris.Gloria Naylor -- The Women of Brewster Place
- A lump of dirt was growing as gravity drew much of the debris downward again.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- I grasp for the words like a drowning man reaching for floating debris," .... you said you hated me?"Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
debris = pieces
debris = remains (stuff of no value that was left behind)
debris = pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
debris = pieces of something that was broken
debris = pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
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