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  2. Jul 5, 2018 · "accumulation of loose matter or rubbish from some destructive operation or process,"… See origin and meaning of debris.

    • Français (French)

      Signification de debris: débris; "Accumulation de matières...

    • Online Etymology Dictionary

      debris 뜻: 부스러기; "파괴 작업이나 공정에서의 느슨한 물질 또는 쓰레기의 축적," 1708년...

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      debunk. (v.) "expose false or nonsensical claims or...

  3. OED's earliest evidence for debris is from 1708, in the writing of Jeremy Collier, anti-theatrical polemicist and bishop of the nonjuring Church of England. debris is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French débris .

  4. Word History. French débris, from Middle French, from debriser to break to pieces, from Old French debrisier, from de- + brisier to break, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish brisid he breaks; perhaps akin to Latin fricare to rub — more at friction. 1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1.

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    Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or from Middle French debriser (“to break apart”), from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier (“to break apart, shatter, bust”), from Frankish *bristijan, *bristan, *brestan (“to break violently, shatter, bust”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, bur...

    (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛbɹi/, /ˈdeɪbɹi/
    (US, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /dəˈbɹiː/
    Rhymes: -ɛbɹi, -iː

    debris (uncountable) 1. Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed. 1.1. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:debris 1.1. 2012 December 21, David M. Halbfinger, Charles V. Bagli, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild Now”, in New York Times‎: 1.1.1. His neighbors were still ripping out debris. But Mr. Rya...

  5. Word History and Origins. Origin of debris 1. C18: from French, from obsolete debrisier to break into pieces, from bruisier to shatter, of Celtic origin. Discover More. Example Sentences. Even in some of the most remote places on Earth, a fine rain of human-made debris pollutes the land and oceans. From Popular-Science.

  6. debris. noun. /ˈdebriː/, /ˈdeɪbriː/. /dəˈbriː/. [uncountable] pieces of wood, metal, building materials, etc. that are left after something has been destroyed. Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash.

  7. English word debris comes from French -, Proto-Germanic *brestaną (To burst, break, sunder, split, crack.), Old French de-, French bris.

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