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Examples of rubble
rubble
A military official said the man was rescued today from the rubble in Kesennuma.
From the denverpost.com
Guys from Turkey and the Middle East usually played barefoot on sand and rubble.
From the latimes.com
Numerous buildings were reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The rubble is still being cleared, the dead identified, the delicacies rationed.
From the time.com
A crane lifts a large piece of rubble from the debris of the World Trade Center.
From the theepochtimes.com
We urgently need to build a new low carbon economy out of the rubble of the old.
From the independent.co.uk
After the storm, only rubble remained but today, new homes pepper the landscape.
From the abcnews.go.com
The building the rubble fell from is now frontless, like an opened doll's house.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Sometimes, rescuers showed Joaceus identification cards plucked from the rubble.
From the cnn.com
- Debris: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture. This word is closely connected in derivation with "rubbish", which was formerly also applied to what we now call "rubble". Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash' (compare cornbrash). ...
- The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry
- A term applied to dimension stone used chiefly for walls and foundations, consisting of irregularly squared pieces, partly trimmed or squared, generally with one split or finished face, and selected and specified with a size range.
- Rock that is ground with some mortars and pistols (very military) eventually turns into little grains and things. Spread this on a destruction site, and it is rubble.
- Masonry construction using stones of irregular shape and size.
- Rough, irregular-shaped stone.
- Rough fragments, either natural or broken stone used in course masonry, or as fill in concrete or walls.
- Rounded rock 65-300mm in diameter, sometimes also called cobbles.
