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rubble

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noun

rub·​ble ˈrə-bəl How to pronounce rubble (audio)
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a
: broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
fortifications knocked into rubble C. S. Forester
b
: a miscellaneous confused mass or group of usually broken or worthless things
2
: waterworn or rough broken stones or bricks used in coarse masonry or in filling courses of walls
3
: rough stone as it comes from the quarry

rubble

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verb

rubbled; rubbling ˈrə-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce rubble (audio)

transitive verb

: to reduce to rubble

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun Rescue workers managed to pull two injured people out of the rubble. The earthquake reduced the whole town to rubble.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The annual event that emerged from the rubble didn’t just contribute to the cultural life of the city. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 His body was pulled from the rubble at nightfall, hours after the predawn strike. Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Another one emerges from the rubble: After a two-year COVID absence, the longest-running folk festival in North America returns. BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Even as troops tried to pull their comrades from the rubble, the fighting continued. New York Times, 20 July 2022 Nine people have been rescued from the rubble but more are still believed trapped, emergency officials said. Mstyslav Chernov, ajc, 11 July 2022 As more bodies were pulled from the rubble of an apartment building in the eastern city of Chasiv Yar on Monday, officials updated the death toll from a strike there last week to 31. Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 11 July 2022 In the city of Sloviansk, named as a likely next target of Russia's offensive, rescuers pulled a 40-year-old man from the rubble of a building destroyed Saturday by shelling. Arkansas Online, 10 July 2022 In the city of Sloviansk, named as a likely next target of Russia’s offensive, rescuers pulled a 40-year-old man from the rubble of a building destroyed Saturday by shelling. Maria Grazia Murru, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022
Verb
Dmyto Shengur cleans rubble in front of a house that was damaged after bombardment in Nikopol, southern Ukraine on Monday. Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022 Russian forces have almost completely occupied Luhansk, displacing 300,000 civilians, killing thousands and pulverizing entire cities to rubble. Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 Surveillance footage showed a sharp explosion blowing one panel to rubble just after 4 a.m. Investigators also released video of a silver sedan leaving the monument. Fox News, 7 July 2022 Surveillance footage showed a sharp explosion blowing one panel to rubble just after 4 a.m. Investigators also released video of a silver sedan leaving the monument. Jeff Amy, Chron, 7 July 2022 The Ukrainians have had some success fighting at relatively close ranges, and the Russians have countered by relying on their immense advantage in longer-range artillery and missiles, pounding cities and towns to rubble before sending in troops. New York Times, 14 June 2022 Russia has gained control of most of Mariupol after bombing it to rubble. Harold Maass, The Week, 9 May 2022 In the northeast's Kharkiv, Lidiya Mezhiritska stood in the wreckage of her home after overnight missile strikes turned it to rubble. Arkansas Online, 9 Apr. 2022 Clearly, the Ukrainian refugee crisis is being seen very differently from the one in Syria, where Russia helped government forces reduce cities to rubble. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English robyl

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rubble was in the 14th century

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