debris
or dé·bris
[duh-bree, dey-bree or, esp. British, deb-ree]
noun
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble: the debris of buildings after an air raid.
Geology. an accumulation of loose fragments of rock.
Origin of debris
Synonyms for debris
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Related Words for debrises
junk, trash, wreck, remains, rubble, rubbish, wreckage, detritus, refuse, crap, garbage, ruins, riffraff, dross, offal, dregs, piecesdebris
dbris
noun
Word Origin for debris
C18: from French, from obsolete debrisier to break into pieces, from bruisier to shatter, of Celtic origin
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