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cinders

  • plural
    of cinder.
    cinder
    noun
    a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.

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She walked its wall-less rooms, cinders crunching beneath her feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025

"I've been relieved from the burden of my stuff because it's all in cinders."

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

Burning characters to cinders does little but to flatten colonialism into a fiery spectacle.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2024

As cinders rained around her, the woman tried to flag down people driving past for a ride.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

At the front, outside the teachers’ entrance, is a din field covered with cinders, the boys’ playing field.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood