rubble
132
3.2
- noun
- /ˈrʌbəl/
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escombros
- You're standing on the rubble of the world that was.
- a pile of rubble
- filled with rubble
- buried in the rubble
The only area which they haven't yet reduced to rubble is Rafa.
- The only area which they haven't yet reduced to rubble is Rafa.
- So in this darkest hour, let us blossom from the rubble like a flower.
- And he drops a hammer into the rubble below.
- So I'm running barefoot through like broken glass and like rubble of this village in the middle of the jungle.
- And they're still bodies just under all the rubble here.
- And we went toward him and we all got out of the the rubble.
- The buildings topple over and become rubble.
- And so we follow Nikolai as he is trying to rebuild his country from the rubble of this war.
- And we have decades long of symptoms for these first responders that dug through that rubble after that terror attack.
Examples
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Those remains you found in the rubble.
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While the rocket assembly plant remains a pile of rubble, the rails leading to the launch platform are visible.
Academic text (2002) -
Somewhere in the rubble will be something interesting.
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But in the rubble that day was a book.
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And then I found your picture the next morning in the rubble outside.
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Which raises the question, where did that rubble come from?
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During a real earthquake, houses fall down; we remove the rubble and carry on working.
Academic text (1993) -
Dust settles, and the police walk over the rubble to the other side.
Fiction book (1991) -
A quick inspection revealed the rubble of stone foundations buried beneath the undergrowth.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rescue workers pulled 20 people from the rubble but said 20 more were still missing.
Synonyms
304
3.6
Broken parts that remain after something is badly damaged
302
4.1
Scattered broken pieces left after something is destroyed
9
8.2
Loose bits of waste and broken things left after damage or natural events
1
3.0
Small pieces of rock made by crushing larger stones and used for paths and building
Small thin pieces that break off when something is smashed
How Much
132
3.2
302
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word rubble comes from an old French word meaning 'broken stones' or loose rock from ruined buildings. So rubble is a pile of rough stones and brick left after a building falls.