All 5 Uses of
debris
in
No Easy Day
- When they hit, rotor blades snap off, sending shrapnel and debris in all directions.†
p. 213.6debris = pieces of something that has been destroyed; or trash that is lying around
- The blades didn't snap off Instead, the rotors blasted the muddy courtyard, blowing dust and debris and creating a maelstrom around us.†
p. 214.9
- As the helicopter flared out, I looked down, shielding my eyes from the cloud of dust and debris from the rotors.†
p. 253.8
- A pair of Army fuelers wearing goggles to protect their eyes from debris hauled a hose up to the Black Hawk.†
p. 258.9 *
- One wrong move and we all would have been in a pile of debris in the courtyard.†
p. 268.7