Synonyms for debris
dəˈbri, ˈdeɪ bri; esp. Brit. ˈdɛb ride·bris

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1. debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritusnoun

   the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

   Synonyms:
   detritus, rubble, dust, junk

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1. • Rubbish

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1. List of paraphrases for "debris":

   rubble, wastes, wreckage, waste, scrap, detritus, remnants, wreck, litter, ruins, dirt, leftover, residue

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1. Maha Abouelnebin:

   Immediately we decided we need to get out of there, because we saw debris falling from the building.

2. Mohammad Usman:

   People have received phone calls from three or four people from inside the debris, so we cannot remove the rubble recklessly.

3. Michael Sussman:

   I was hit by debris in my head, i looked up and I no longer had a roof.

4. Lorie Porter:

   I put my Beats on, and I walked right by the house. I walked on, maybe two minutes, and through my Beats, I heard a boom ! , and there's debris right where I had walked, and the house was just leveled.

5. Jared Borum:

   Its amazing. See the debris ? You can see it hitting the trees.