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    De·bris
    /dəˈbrē/

    noun

    • 1. scattered pieces of waste or remains: "the bomb hits it, showering debris from all sides"
  2. 1. : the remains of something broken down or destroyed. digging through the storm's debris in search of survivors. sifted through the debris of her broken marriage. 2. geology : an accumulation of fragments of rock. 3. : something discarded : rubbish. picking up debris after the parade.

  3. DEBRIS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of debris in English. debris. noun [ U ] uk / ˈdeb.riː / / ˈdeɪ.briː / us / dəˈbriː / Add to word list. 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

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

  5. Meaning of debris in English. debris. noun [ U ] us / dəˈbriː / uk / ˈdeb.riː / / ˈdeɪ.briː / Add to word list. 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. anti-littering. dejunking. detritus.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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. Several people were injured by flying debris in the explosion.

  8. noun [ U ] uk / ˈdebriː / us / dəˈbriː / Add to word list. broken pieces of something: Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a wide area. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of debris. in Chinese (Traditional) 碎片,殘駭… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 碎片,残片… See more.

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