debris

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Before it was a defacing débris of torn grass and earth in which Blink scratched impatiently, whining over the delay in the chip-squirrel’s exit.

From A Scout of To-day by Hornibrook, Isabel

We climbed up the great square mass composed entirely of the débris of former habitations; the surface was strewn with broken bricks and tiles; in the centre stood the remains of solid blocks of masonry.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa

A great quantity of débris was littered all over the enclosure.

From Swift and Sure by Strang, Herbert

Steep mounds of débris and heaps of ruins rise thickly on the left bank of the Shapur, in appearance closely resembling the remains of Babylon and Nineveh.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

A day or so after the floods have receded the washed up specimens will have dispersed and only a few will remain in the débris for a longer period.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.