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. Deborah Nagin:

   Stoves and refrigerators both produce heat and moisture, and food debris can gather in both areas. Mice will use stove insulation for nesting materials as well.

2. Ron Ballouz:

   One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Phobos is its origin was it created from a giant impact onto Mars that created a debris disk around the planet that eventually coalesced into Phobos, or was it once an asteroid that was captured by Mars gravity?

3. Sanjeev Vyas:

   It's like somebody just pushes you, suddenly, out of the blue, it felt like that, it was like this huge gust of wind and debris flying through you.

4. Mark Ellul:

   It was pretty terrifying during the storm, extremely noisy, frightening and you can hear the flying debris outside, it felt like the windows were going to break, like the storm was going to come into the room.

5. Boeing Co -LRB- BA.N -RRB-:

   We are taking steps to make sure we eliminate FOD (foreign object debris) from any and all aircraft. This is unacceptable and won't be tolerated on any Boeing aircraft when it's delivered to the customer.