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      • debris or dé·bris [ d uh - bree, dey -bree or, especially British, deb -ree ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble: the debris of buildings after an air raid. Synonyms: trash, litter, detritus
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  2. The meaning of DEBRIS is the remains of something broken down or destroyed. How to use debris in a sentence.

  3. noun. fragments or remnants of something destroyed or broken; rubble. a collection of loose material derived from rocks, or an accumulation of animal or vegetable matter.

  4. broken or torn pieces of something larger: Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area. Synonym. detritus formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Rubbish and waste. activated sludge. anti-littering. dejunking. fumes. garbage disposal. gubbins. high-level waste. influent. litter. muck. sewage. sewerage. shavings.

  5. debris in American English. (dəˈbri ; also ˈdeɪˈbri ; ˈdeɪˌbri ; Chiefly British ˈdɛbri ) or déˈbris (dəˈbri ; also ˈdeɪˈbri ; ˈdeɪˌbri ; Chiefly British ˈdɛbri ) noun. 1. rough, broken bits and pieces of stone, wood, glass, etc., as after destruction; rubble. 2. bits and pieces of rubbish; litter.

  6. In English, 'debris' is used to describe the scattered remnants or fragments of something that has been destroyed or broken apart, such as the aftermath of a natural disaster or the wreckage of a demolished building.

  7. Debris is trash scattered around after a disaster, like shattered glass on the road after a car accident. Debris comes from French for "waste, rubbish." Although debris usually refers to the trash leftover after some kind of explosion or crash, it can also be what's on your floor after hosting a kid's make-your-own pizza party, or what you ...

  8. Debris definition: the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble. See examples of DEBRIS used in a sentence.

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