Vocabulary
Debris
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
scattered pieces of rubbish or remains.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Authorities must also densify rain-gauge networks, integrate radar with AI-based nowcasting, restrict construction on debris-flow fans and dry streambeds, and operationalise monsoon contingencyplans with clear responsibilities.
- Investments should prioritise resilient infrastructure larger culverts, debris racks, raised platforms and single-span bridges that can survive turbulent flows.
- Many families have seen their life savings buried under mud and debris simply because housing societies were allowed to spring up in places where they should never have been allowed to build.
- These sub-nullahs are also blocked by garbage and debris and stop rainwater from flowing into the main nullah, causing floods in the settlements they pass through.
- On May 3, the Kanji Building`s stone frame could no longer bear the burden it collapsed, leaving behind debris infused with cultural memory, architectural craftsmanship, and undocumented archives.
Synonyms
detritus, refuse, rubbish, waste, waste matter, discarded matter, litter, scrap, dross
Antonyms
valuable, purity, neatness, cleanliness, find
Curator example
“workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings”
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