Meaning of debris in English
(Definition of debris from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
debris | Intermediate English
Examples of debris
debris
The pile of debris in the foreground is from the storm surge.
From USA TODAY
Showers happen regularly and predictably as the earth passes through regions that are dense with debris.
From Bloomberg
Damaged cars, their seats soaked with blood, were surrounded by debris.
From New York Daily News
Researchers download the data, and a vehicle with a high resolution camera is sent to check out an area if scientists see evidence of debris.
From CBS News
These establishments can tax the waste system and discolor the exterior sidewalk with pest attracting grease and debris.
From New York Daily News
In the hallways, the floor was a mess of debris.
From Foreign Policy
The truth is that a tsunami's worth of human-generated trash hits our shores every year -- and that debris most certainly is preventable.
From Huffington Post
One of the difficulties is how to distinguish tsunami debris from regular ocean trash, which is a growing issue in its own right.
From Reuters
The adult children cleaning out their parents' debris bring much of it home with them.
From Huffington Post
Some have said even the discovery of debris would still not solve the mystery.
From Reuters
The rapid runoff from these bare hill slopes can quickly pick up sediment, and that can transform into a really nasty debris flow.
From Los Angeles Times
Not to mention running into debris and stuff like that.
From Los Angeles Times
One that is strong enough to nudge debris out of earth orbit.
From Huffington Post
There's nothing there, just piles of debris and the quiet.
From Plain Dealer
This debris can create small, white lumps in the back of the throat.
From Huffington Post
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Collocations with debris
debris
These are words often used in combination with debris.
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amount of debris
A considerable amount of debris is caused by dumping from ships at sea.
From the
Hansard archive
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burning debris
Burning debris from the explosion fell on fuel tanks at a nearby power station.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
cellular debris
After 24 hours, the conditioned medium was harvested, centrifuged to remove cellular debris and protein concentrations determined.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
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破片, 破片（はへん）…
enkaz, moloz, kalıntı…
débris [masculine, plural], débris…
runa, restes…
wrakgoed, puin…
ruiner, brokker, stumper…
spillror, skräp…
puing, sampah sarap…
Trümmer (pl.), der Schutt…
vrakrester [masculine, plural], ruiner…
руїни, уламки, сміття…
обломки, осколки…
حُطام…
trosky, odpad, suť…
puing, sampah…
ซากสลักหักพัง, ขยะ…
khoản nợ, vật vô giá trị…
szczątki, gruzy, śmieci…
잔해…
macerie, detriti, rovine…
