rubble
noun/ˈrʌbl/
/ˈrʌbl/
[uncountable]- broken stones, etc. from a building or wall that has been destroyed or damaged
- The bomb reduced the houses to rubble.
- There were piles of rubble everywhere.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc2- Police sifted through the rubble looking for clues.
- Rescue workers are searching the rubble for survivors.
- Several people were trapped in the rubble.
- She stood among the rubble left by the earthquake.
- What was once a cottage was now a crumbling heap of rubble.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- building
- heap
- pile
- be reduced to
- clear
- clear away
- …
- amid the rubble
- among the rubble
- beneath the rubble
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubbish.Want to learn more?
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