Synonyms for DEBRIS
dəˈbri, ˈdeɪ bri; esp. Brit. ˈdɛb ride·bris

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1. debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritusnoun

   the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

   Synonyms:
   detritus, rubble, debris, dust, junk

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1. • Rubbish

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1. List of paraphrases for "debris":

   rubble, wastes, wreckage, waste, scrap, detritus, remnants, wreck, litter, ruins, dirt, leftover, residue

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1. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak:

   The international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370.

2. Steve Wozniak:

   There's a real need for us here on Earth who don't work in the space industry to begin to understand how space debris impacts us every day, many of us don't realize how much of our lives are reliant on services delivered from and through space — GPS services, financial transactions, climate monitoring. Our life on Earth is connected to space and even the smallest debris orbiting the Earth can damage and destroy these critical capabilities for some of the most basic aspects of our day-to-day life.

3. Perrin Anderson:

   Debris and vehicles washed downstream in the Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon River from the campground.

4. Alfredo Murgueytio:

   There are likely more dead bodies under the debris.

5. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind us much debris of cast-off and everyday clothing.