RUBBLE


Meaning of RUBBLE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

build

Ironically, much of the Marina district was built on rubble from the 1906 quake.

Various parts are built from rubble and other sections heavily braced with iron tie bars.

It is built of freestone rubble which was quarried in the grounds.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

reduce sth to ashes/rubble/ruins

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As long as the rubble remains and rains fall, the leaching process will continue.

As the full horror of the explosion unfolded, the Halifax building society was reduced to a mound of rubble .

Converse went across the street and watched the ambulance people Jug body bags over the rubble .

I try, but all the roads are blocked with the rubble of fallen buildings.

If the site is made of builder's rubble , cover it with a foot of topsoil.

Piles of rubble and bits of rubbish were everywhere and Endill saw signs of where pupils had explored before him.

Some places she taught, like Helvetia and Sasco, have long since turned to rubble .

The aim is to use the rubble in as accurate a way as possible, avoiding recourse to modern materials.

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