rubble

The building had been destroyed by a recent Israeli air strike and smoke was still rising from the rubble.

He gave a small smile, then picked his way through the mounds of rubble separating him from the remains of his two warehouses.

Mattresses still wrapped in purple and green bedsheets stuck out of the rubble.

The foundation for this year’s success was built in the rubble of last year’s failures.

Indeed, last week a 1,100-year-old pyramid in Mexico collapsed into a pile of rubble because of heavy rainfall that was preceded by record-breaking drought that evaporated entire lakes.