Did you mean débris?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage.
- n. Carelessly discarded refuse; litter.
- n. Geology An accumulation of relatively large rock fragments: glacial debris.
- n. Biology The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- French débris, from Old French debrisier, to break to pieces : de-, intensive pref.; see de- + brisier, to break (from Vulgar Latin *brīsāre, to press grapes, probably of Celtic origin).
Examples
“Instead, he found Moreland inside, apparently dead, half-buried in debris from a direct bomb hit on the operations center.”
“The flight dynamics folks stated that the debris is approximately 10 cm in size, 2.8 km in front of Atlantis, .15 km below and 3.9 km out of plane.”
“So there wasn't enough time to do what they call a debris avoidance maneuver.”
“Given that, in most shooters, you have to avoid these kinds of explosions to stay alive, it takes a while for you to realise that collecting this debris is a good idea.”
“MYERS: We have a lot of what we call debris in the air.”
“OVERALL: And this is -- I guess this is what they call the debris field.”
“The officer did not see the crash, which occurred about 9: 50 p.m., but came upon what he described as a debris cloud, police”
“The officer who was in pursuit just moments earlier did not see the crash, but came upon what he described as a debris cloud, said police”
“The satellite debris is projected to come within about half a mile of the space station early Tuesday.”
“Space debris is a current and growing threat to U.S. exploration activities, and leaders must make situational awareness a top national priority, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said in congressional testimony Tuesday.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘debris’.
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Unwanted matter
gangue, dross, slag, scoria, refuse, trash, cinder, ashes, leavings, recrement, debris, waste and 37 more...
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Hollow Land
hollow land, the final course, aged spire, unbraid, eternal bleeds, hollow nest, wild decadence, furrows snowy, egg on a queen’s ..., william blake, undiscovered grave, billow and 23 more...
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ebaysalvageyard
ebay, wood, carved, basket, ebay!, that's, expensive,, sold, junk, cheap, ripoff, snipe and 27 more...
dontcry Mazel! Aug 5, 2008
sionnach What de mohel gives de boychild. Aug 4, 2008
qroqqa BrE speakers strongly prefer stress on the initial syllable (either /'deb-/ or /'deɪb-/) to final /-'briː/ (83% in a 2007 survey for the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary). Aug 4, 2008