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Meanings of detritus in English
Synonyms
Examples for "dust"
Examples for "dust"
1
Another cloud of dust; not in the south, but in the east.
2
They were buried in dust in the dark room in the clock-tower.
3
Background: Workers in cotton industry are occupationally exposed to various dust-related hazards.
4
He goes out in the storms and in the heat and dust.
5
Up in the sky one minute, down in the dust the next.
1
Authorities later said Davis' body had been found buried under the debris.
2
Neither debris nor bodies had been recovered by Saturday night, authorities said.
3
Sources said more bodies were likely to be found beneath the debris.
4
Malaysia's transport minister said further debris had now been found on Reunion.
5
The city is already strewn with what one friend terms human debris.
1
It is probably among the junk in some of the back rooms.
2
California has passed laws to ban junk-food and soda sales in schools.
3
We drew alongside the junk and an Englishman appeared at the window.
4
Contrast with this toilsome slowness the speed of the junk bound down-stream.
5
They sold it for junk and took the train back to California.
1
Locals have been helping to clear rubble from affected buildings, he said.
2
Seventy-five years ago, the Spanish town of Guernica was bombed into rubble.
3
As far as she was concerned, the building could fall to rubble.
4
Below me people are making their way to work across rubble-strewn courtyards.
5
In Yingxiu, dynamite was being used to clear rubble and unsafe buildings.
Usage of detritus in English
1
The bacteria level in the food detritus alone must be hugely toxic.
2
Fairy tales are detritus of myth, surviving echoes of gods and heroes.
3
Effects of detritus enhancement were much stronger than those of prey enhancement.
4
The barest standing-room was afforded by a patch of shingle and detritus.
5
There were vast boxes full of the accumulated detritus of ten years.
6
Very smooth drawer mechanism and plenty of space to rest bedtime detritus.
7
Political economy therein spies a detritus, social philosophy there beholds a residuum.
8
Our pasts are littered with the detritus of ex-partners and regrettable actions.
9
Her stopping place was only a shielded corner where detritus could accumulate.
10
Conversation guided him through the detritus of burning equipment and scattered corpses.
11
I'm envious of writers, because a writer leaves this trail of detritus.
12
He nudged a pile of detritus with the end of his cane.
13
The only human detritus that had turned up was a Zippo lighter.
14
I limped down thoroughfares littered with the detritus of spent human merriment.
15
The water was filthy now, streaked with oil and spotted with detritus.
16
A deafening cry to look and mourn the evil detritus of capitalism?
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Detritus through the time
Detritus across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common