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de·bris (dé·bris)
 debris (débris)
- pronunciation:
- d
bri
[or]
deI
bri
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
scattered fragments, as after an act of destruction; ruins; rubble.
The streets were filled with debris after the hurricane.
- synonyms:
- detritus, rubble, ruins, wreckage
- similar words:
- clutter, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, pieces, remains, rubbish, shards, trash
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| definition 2: |
in geology, an accumulation of broken pieces of rock.
- synonyms:
- rocks
- similar words:
- rubble
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| related words: |
jettison, litter, waste, wreck |
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