Meaning & use
debris
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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