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rubble noun [ ˈrʌb(ə)l ]

• waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
• "two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble"
Similar: debris, remains, ruins, wreckage, broken bricks,
Origin: late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubbish.


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