debris
n. uncountablen. the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed or broken. It can also mean a pile of trash or loose material found in nature.
n. scattered fragments or remains of something destroyed, discarded, or broken. In a geological context, it refers to an accumulation of loose rock fragments or organic matter.
The workers cleared the debris from the road after the storm.
Rescue teams searched through the debris of the collapsed building for any signs of survivors.
Following the landslide, the valley floor was buried under several meters of rocky debris, fundamentally altering the course of the river and the local ecosystem.
Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or from Middle French debriser (“to break apart”), from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier (“to break apart, shatter, bust”), from Frankish bristijan, bristan, brestan (“to break violently, shatter, bust”), from Proto-Germanic brestaną (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to separate, burst”). Cognate with Old High German bristan (“to break asunder, burst”), Old English berstan (“to break, shatter, burst”), German bersten (“to burst”). More at burst.
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