wreckage

Example Sentences

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The footballer's body was recovered from the plane wreckage about two-and-a-half weeks after the crash and repatriated to Argentina, but Ibbotson has never been found.

From BBC

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