Friday, May 11, 2012

Debris

The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed, for example, when a ship crashes in the beach, all the fragments and broken wood, are the debris. 
The origin of this word is french, so the accent is in the first syllable.


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  1. After the earthquake, rescuers began digging through the debris in search of survivors.
  2. Everything was covered by dust and debris.

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