noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
build
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Ironically, much of the Marina district was built on rubble from the 1906 quake.
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Various parts are built from rubble and other sections heavily braced with iron tie bars.
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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
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As long as the rubble remains and rains fall, the leaching process will continue.
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As the full horror of the explosion unfolded, the Halifax building society was reduced to a mound of rubble .
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Converse went across the street and watched the ambulance people Jug body bags over the rubble .
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I try, but all the roads are blocked with the rubble of fallen buildings.
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If the site is made of builder's rubble , cover it with a foot of topsoil.
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Piles of rubble and bits of rubbish were everywhere and Endill saw signs of where pupils had explored before him.
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Some places she taught, like Helvetia and Sasco, have long since turned to rubble .
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The aim is to use the rubble in as accurate a way as possible, avoiding recourse to modern materials.