Meaning & use

debris

noun·Academic

Scattered pieces of broken or discarded material left after something has been destroyed or wrecked.

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Crews spent weeks clearing debris from the streets after the hurricane.

Space agencies now track thousands of pieces of debris orbiting the Earth.

A note on using this word

Debris is an uncountable noun in English, so it is never used with a plural s or the article a.

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