All 13 Uses
debris
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The Great Fire
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- The sight of those coffins, upright, and bobbing along just above the heads of the crowd ...was somewhat startling and the unavoidable suggestion was that they were escaping across the river to be ready for use when the debris of the conflagration should be cleared away.†
p. 63.1debris = pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
- Despite the fire's approach, the heat and shower of burning debris, Chamberlin remained calm, watching the dramatic scene in front of him and mentally taking notes.†
p. 63.1
- Bits of burning debris fell from the bridge and set boats below on fire.†
p. 72.7 *
- The pile of bricks Claire hid behind shielded her from the severest heat and most of the flying debris.†
p. 82.2
- Claire scrambled over the smoldering pile of debris and made it to the street.†
p. 83.1
- With the houses leveled, local residents grabbed buckets and kept the debris soaked until the threat of fire passed.†
p. 83.6
- Alfred Sewell noted the stunned emotions of the vast majority of citizens: "0, what a horrible scene was presented to the view of the spectator on that gloomy [morning]....Heaps of ruins, and here and there a standing wall, as far as the eye could reach, and far beyond, for a stretch of four miles....We walked through the streets, covered every-where with heaps of debris and parts of walls, and could not help comparing ourselves to ghosts wandering through a vast grave-yard.†
p. 89.1
- Thirty minutes after settling down for the night, wind-driven debris from the fire ignited the dry grass nearby, forcing them to abandon their things and retreat farther north.†
p. 93.7
- He put something — I could not see it — in the bundle, then continued searching the debris.†
p. 97.8
- What had hours before been the mart of commerce was now an indescribable chaos of broken columns, fallen walls, streets covered with debris, melted metal, charred and blackened trees standing like spectres.†
p. 100.7
- As the debris, bricks, and metal cooled, enterprising youngsters dug out melted candleholders, blackened plates and teapots, fused-together pieces of silverware, and sold them to tourists.†
p. 114.5
- Laborers combed the debris for undamaged brick (the only building material that survived the fire and could be reused) and hauled away everything else.†
p. 116.4
- One of the first things businesses did after the fire was to search through debris for their safes and any business ledgers that might have survived.†
p. 130.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(debris) pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)