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- Dictionarydebris/ˈdɛbriː/
noun
- 1. scattered pieces of rubbish or remains: "workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings"
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broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger: After the tornado, debris from damaged trees and houses littered the town. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of debris.
The meaning of DEBRIS is the remains of something broken down or destroyed. How to use debris in a sentence.
Debris (UK: / ˈ d ɛ b r iː, ˈ d eɪ b r iː /, US: / d ə ˈ b r iː /) is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc. Depending on context, debris can refer to a number of different things.
broken or torn pieces left from the destruction of something larger: After the tornado, debris from damaged trees and houses littered the town. (Definition of debris from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of debris.
Debris definition: the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble. See examples of DEBRIS used in a sentence.
Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around. I watched the rescue workers sifting through the debris. A number of people were killed by flying debris.
1. a. The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage. b. Carelessly discarded refuse; litter. 2. Geology An accumulation of relatively large rock fragments: glacial debris. 3. Biology The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.
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."
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.
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.
