noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ mangled , tangled ( esp. BrE ), twisted
▪ blazing , burning , flaming , smoking , smoldering
▪ aircraft , plane
▪ human
▪
the human ~ of the battlefield
… OF WRECKAGE
▪ bit ( esp. BrE ), piece
▪
Pieces of ~ have been found up to three miles away.
▪ pile
VERB + WRECKAGE
▪ scatter , spread
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The crash left ~ spread over a wide area.
▪ be strewn with
▪
The runway is still strewn with ~.
▪ survey
▪
He surveyed the ~ of his expensive equipment.
▪ comb , comb through , search , sift through
▪
Police are searching the ~ for clues to the cause of the accident.
▪ examine
▪ clear
▪
The ~ has now been cleared from the road.
▪ be buried beneath , be buried in , be trapped in
▪
Several people are still trapped in the ~.
▪ crawl from
▪ cut sb free from ( BrE ), cut sb from ( BrE ), free sb from , pull sb from
▪
It took workers several minutes to free him from the ~.
▪
He had to be cut from the ~ by firemen.
▪ recover sth from , rescue sb/sth from , salvage sth from
▪
Another body has been recovered from the ~.
▪
Could nothing be rescued from the ~ of her dreams? ( figurative )
▪ emerge from ( figurative )
▪
A new leader emerged from the ~ of the election.
WRECKAGE + VERB
▪ be strewn
▪
Wreckage was strewn over a wide area.
PREPOSITION
▪ amidst the ~ , among the ~
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Bodies lay among the tangled ~.
▪ in the ~
▪
Her body was discovered in the ~.
▪ ~ from
▪
A search is going on for ~ from the blazing aircraft.