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, 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. Transport Minister Darren Chester:

   The Malaysian government is working with officials from Mauritius to seek to take custody of the debris and arrange for its examination.

2. Operations Allan Schwartz:

   Modelling suggests that debris such as this could continue to wash-up over the coming days.

3. Darren Chester:

   These items of debris are of interest and will be examined by experts.

4. Von Ness:

   It's just destruction. There's debris all over the place. it was kind of like a mini-earthquake.

5. Gregory Cannata:

   The Jimmy Nolan Law was passed to correct an injustice, that rescuers and clean-up people who cleaned up the 9/11 debris were told time after time that the debris was not dangerous, in fact it was dangerous.