wreckage
Example Sentences
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He dived down, kicking, staring into the deep, dark, roiling blue—when a hand grabbed him and pulled him up and away from the swirling wreckage.
From Literature
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Or the pieces of a plane, hunks of metal wreckage scattered along the road and sidewalk.
From Literature
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He’s saddled with a large bag of receipts that is his job to sort through — a perfect symbol of the domestic wreckage that’s still in need of a thorough accounting.
From Los Angeles Times
Visuals from the crash site show the wreckage of a plane engulfed in plumes of smoke and flames.
From BBC
Churro barked at the wreckage below, and Natalie turned to look.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.