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floating wreckage

noun as in flotsam and jetsam

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Within three days floating wreckage is spotted, and within two weeks 640 pieces of debris and 50 bodies are recovered.

As a result, 640 pieces of floating wreckage and 50 bodies had been found within three weeks.

Even below the island the gunboat had met with floating wreckage, which the eddy had thrown to the surface.

In all the mass of floating wreckage that covered the sea, there appeared to be no living thing.

We have only the hazard of a quick out-throw of the remaining boat and the chances of a grip on floating wreckage to count upon.

There was not even a single piece of floating wreckage in that ever widening circle of blazing oil.

The occupants were bent on the same work as were the boys, and they picked up all the floating wreckage they could.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to floating wreckage, such as: floating debris, and lagan.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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