[ UK /dˈɛbɹiː/ ]
[ US /dəˈbɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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How To Use debris In A Sentence

  • The Kuiper belt is an icy disk of debris orbiting the sun, beyond Neptune, and is the original home of many comets.
  • Manure worms (also called brandlings, red wigglers, or angleworms) and red worms live in organic debris and are the preferred types for commercial bait production and composting.
  • The NDTV network broadcast footage from the scene, about 170km southeast of New Delhi, showing debris strewn across the tracks and police officers carrying bodies covered with sheets on stretchers.
  • A team of rescue Sherpa evacuated the two men down through the towering seracs and debris to Base Camp where they were quickly flown to Kathmandu by helicopter.
  • Like a widening conveyer belt it scraped away more and more of the hillsides and carried off the debris.
  • The discovery of a small planetoid in the Kuiper belt, the distant disk of debris whose chunks eventually formed the solar system, make Pluto's chances of holding onto its status of bona fide planet weaker.
  • Experts said the problem appeared to be an "uncontained engine failure," which occurs when turbine debris punctures the engine casing and the light cowling that covers the unit. Quantas Airbus Problem: Airline Grounds All A380s After Engine Fire Over Indonesia
  • Bodies lay all around, partially or completely entombed in the debris.
  • Residents said at least five civilians were also wounded by flying debris.
  • On the evidence label attached to the material was written the word ‘debris’.
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