Rubble
noun
Broken pieces of stone, brick, or other solid material, usually from destroyed buildings.
After the earthquake, the city was covered in rubble.
Often appears as...
- pile of rubble
- rubble of the building
noun
Broken, irregular fragments of rock or masonry crumbled from a building or wall.
The ancient walls have disintegrated into piles of loose rubble.
Often appears as...
- loose rubble
- crumbled into rubble
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Disapproving
Technical
noun
Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
They cleared away the rubble from the demolition site.
Often appears as...
- rubble from demolition
- clear the rubble
noun
Broken pieces of stone, brick, or other solid material, usually from destroyed buildings.
After the earthquake, the city was covered in rubble.
Often appears as...
- pile of rubble
- rubble of the building
noun
Broken, irregular fragments of rock or masonry crumbled from a building or wall.
The ancient walls have disintegrated into piles of loose rubble.
Often appears as...
- loose rubble
- crumbled into rubble
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical
noun
Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
They cleared away the rubble from the demolition site.
Often appears as...
- rubble from demolition
- clear the rubble
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Aftermath
Often used to describe debris left after events like earthquakes or bombings.
Rescuers searched through the rubble for survivors.
Pro Tip 2/3Displaced Importance
Rubble is not just scattered material; its presence implies displacement from somewhere important.
Historic landmarks were reduced to rubble.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
The word conveys a strong visual image of destruction and disorder.
The once vibrant street was now grey, the buildings turned to rubble.
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Aftermath
Often used to describe debris left after events like earthquakes or bombings.
Rescuers searched through the rubble for survivors.
Pro Tip 2/3Displaced Importance
Rubble is not just scattered material; its presence implies displacement from somewhere important.
Historic landmarks were reduced to rubble.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
The word conveys a strong visual image of destruction and disorder.
The once vibrant street was now grey, the buildings turned to rubble.
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Aftermath
Often used to describe debris left after events like earthquakes or bombings.
Rescuers searched through the rubble for survivors.
Pro Tip 2/3Displaced Importance
Rubble is not just scattered material; its presence implies displacement from somewhere important.
Historic landmarks were reduced to rubble.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Impact
The word conveys a strong visual image of destruction and disorder.
The once vibrant street was now grey, the buildings turned to rubble.
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These Robots Come to the...
only when she was deep in the rubble, because that's what the USAR team said they wanted. What we didn't know at the time was that the civil engineers would have loved, needed the data as we recorded the box beams, the serial numbers, the locations, as we went into the rubble.
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Finding Heartbeats in...
would like to be able to more quickly go through and detect victims buried in rubble well this project finder began as a lot of projects do as science we invested in some technology that would be helpful for measuring the surface waves on the earth also for detecting
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
lay under the rubble for three and a half hours without rescue. Stateless. The guy who tried to help the stateless people his whole career. Like a refugee. Because he represents the U.N. If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Could comets be the...
In some of the compounds that scientists found, first in the rubble left by a meteorite that disintegrated above northern Canada, and then in samples collected by a space craft from a passing comet's tail, were nothing less important than amino acids.
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Palenque and the Ancient...
Alberto said can't lives let's try we've done this we've gone down the steps and we're skeletons and rubble and pottery and caches and everything and so there must be something down here so they move the triangular stone aside but then they
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Our refugee system is...
now under rubble. And so Amira can't go back there. But Amira also has no hope of resettlement to a third country, because that's a lottery ticket only available to less than one percent of the world's refugees. So Amira and her family
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Crowdfunding urban...
their chance to work to civilization to be part of a booming economy and they decided themselves to build an off-and-on rounds from rubble and garbage and not only that they also put a little station on the top of it for
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The most detailed map of...
But the coolest thing of all is that eensy-weensy creatures on a rubble pile around a totally average star in a totally average galaxy can win the battle to understand their world. Every dot in this video is a galaxy.
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The Art of Stillness PIPE...
it's not our experience that makes our lives, it's what we do with it. Imagine a hurricane suddenly sweeps through your town and reduces every last thing to rubble. One man is traumatized for life.
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Baby Chick Jumps Off...
But there are still chicks unaccounted for, somewhere amongst the rubble.
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These Robots Come to the...
only when she was deep in the rubble, because that's what the USAR team said they wanted. What we didn't know at the time was that the civil engineers would have loved, needed the data as we recorded the box beams, the serial numbers, the locations, as we went into the rubble.
Video examples
Finding Heartbeats in...
would like to be able to more quickly go through and detect victims buried in rubble well this project finder began as a lot of projects do as science we invested in some technology that would be helpful for measuring the surface waves on the earth also for detecting
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
lay under the rubble for three and a half hours without rescue. Stateless. The guy who tried to help the stateless people his whole career. Like a refugee. Because he represents the U.N. If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
Video examples
Could comets be the...
In some of the compounds that scientists found, first in the rubble left by a meteorite that disintegrated above northern Canada, and then in samples collected by a space craft from a passing comet's tail, were nothing less important than amino acids.
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
Alberto said can't lives let's try we've done this we've gone down the steps and we're skeletons and rubble and pottery and caches and everything and so there must be something down here so they move the triangular stone aside but then they
Video examples
Our refugee system is...
now under rubble. And so Amira can't go back there. But Amira also has no hope of resettlement to a third country, because that's a lottery ticket only available to less than one percent of the world's refugees. So Amira and her family
Video examples
Crowdfunding urban...
their chance to work to civilization to be part of a booming economy and they decided themselves to build an off-and-on rounds from rubble and garbage and not only that they also put a little station on the top of it for
Video examples
The most detailed map of...
But the coolest thing of all is that eensy-weensy creatures on a rubble pile around a totally average star in a totally average galaxy can win the battle to understand their world. Every dot in this video is a galaxy.
Video examples
The Art of Stillness PIPE...
it's not our experience that makes our lives, it's what we do with it. Imagine a hurricane suddenly sweeps through your town and reduces every last thing to rubble. One man is traumatized for life.
Video examples
Baby Chick Jumps Off...
But there are still chicks unaccounted for, somewhere amongst the rubble.
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Eddie Vedder
American Musician
Presumptuously, I speak for all Who fans when I say being a fan of the Who has incalculably enriched my life. What disturbs me about the Who is the way they smashed through every door of rock & roll, leaving rubble and not much else for the rest of us to lay claim to.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Haitian Statesman
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.
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Rupert Grint
English Actor
They were just kind of simultaneous - the film ending and the sets being destroyed. I was struck the first time I saw the Great Hall become a big pile of burning rubble and getting scattered around. It's really quite shocking for the fans.
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David Wong
American Writer
We've gone from, in the '50s and '60s, being very optimistic about the future, where the future is all spaceships and The Jetsons and flying cars, to where we were just sure the future was going to be a massive pile of rubble.
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Bhumibol Adulyadej
Statesman
If a great destruction occurs in Bangkok, then the country as a whole is also destroyed. In such a case, what is the point of anyone feeling proud to be the winner, when standing on a pile of ruins and rubble?
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.
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Ben Rhodes
American Public Servant
It was wrenching to read about the brutality of Assad every morning, to see images of family homes reduced to rubble. I felt we had to do something in Syria.
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Bear Grylls
British Explorer
Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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Fiona Hill
American Public Servant
The capital city of Grozny in Chechnya was reduced completely to rubble, and Putin thought this was worthwhile because it kept the state together.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
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Eddie Vedder
American Musician
Presumptuously, I speak for all Who fans when I say being a fan of the Who has incalculably enriched my life. What disturbs me about the Who is the way they smashed through every door of rock & roll, leaving rubble and not much else for the rest of us to lay claim to.
Quote examples
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Haitian Statesman
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.
Quote examples
Rupert Grint
English Actor
They were just kind of simultaneous - the film ending and the sets being destroyed. I was struck the first time I saw the Great Hall become a big pile of burning rubble and getting scattered around. It's really quite shocking for the fans.
Quote examples
David Wong
American Writer
We've gone from, in the '50s and '60s, being very optimistic about the future, where the future is all spaceships and The Jetsons and flying cars, to where we were just sure the future was going to be a massive pile of rubble.
Quote examples
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Statesman
If a great destruction occurs in Bangkok, then the country as a whole is also destroyed. In such a case, what is the point of anyone feeling proud to be the winner, when standing on a pile of ruins and rubble?
Quote examples
Prince Charles
English Royalty
You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.
Quote examples
Ben Rhodes
American Public Servant
It was wrenching to read about the brutality of Assad every morning, to see images of family homes reduced to rubble. I felt we had to do something in Syria.
Quote examples
Bear Grylls
British Explorer
Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
Quote examples
Fiona Hill
American Public Servant
The capital city of Grozny in Chechnya was reduced completely to rubble, and Putin thought this was worthwhile because it kept the state together.
Quote examples
Winston Churchill
British Statesman
If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
Example 1 of 10
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