wreckage

Example Sentences

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The Hercules aircraft went down shortly after departure from Puerto Leguizamo, near the southern border with Ecuador, strewing burning wreckage on the jungle floor.

From Barron's

The fire truck is on its side, surrounded by debris, wreckage and warped metal.

From BBC

According to Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Russian drone components recovered in wreckage in Ukraine include microelectronics manufactured in East Asia by Western companies, such as Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, and AMD.

From Barron's

Then he shouldered his quiver and bow, and scrabbled in the wreckage for his small black basalt axe.

From Literature

There was no one at the site who would have justified the targeting, he insisted, inviting journalists to look into vehicles or in the wreckage to see for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times