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Meanings of rubble in английском

русский
бут
португальский
resíduo da construção civil
испанский
escombro
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Broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture.

        бут
        португальский
        ruínas
        каталонский
        enderrocs

        The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.

              ruínas
              Usage of rubble in английском
              1
              Locals have been helping to clear rubble from affected buildings, he said.
              Radio NZ
              2
              Seventy-five years ago, the Spanish town of Guernica was bombed into rubble.
              The Guardian
              3
              As far as she was concerned, the building could fall to rubble.
              Solomon's oak: a novel
              4
              Below me people are making their way to work across rubble-strewn courtyards.
              Full Circle
              5
              In Yingxiu, dynamite was being used to clear rubble and unsafe buildings.
              Reuters
              6
              The protests started with groups barricading roads using burning tyres and rubble.
              The South African
              7
              You must let us go, lest she smash this place to rubble.
              Winter door
              8
              A Reuters witness saw three bodies being brought out of the rubble.
              Reuters
              9
              Scores of protesters were seen barricading roads with burning tyres and rubble.
              The South African
              10
              In places the yak trail led between steep banks of unstable rubble.
              Rock and Ice Magazine
              11
              And, irritably from beyond the rubble mound: All right, then, suit yourself.
              A Canticle For Leibowitz
              12
              I'll show you. He led the way beyond the bank of rubble.
              Dogsbody
              13
              She led her mare through the rubble to the keep's main entrance.
              A feast for crows
              14
              People were forced to relieve themselves in nearby rubble behind our houses.
              The South African
              15
              The clay below the rubble on the slopes got slick as ice.
              The Big-Town Round-Up
              16
              It never changes; a single lupine exhalation could re-ice it to rubble.
              The thirteenth tale: a novel
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              Translations for rubble
              испанский
              escombroescombros
              Rubble through the time
              Rubble across language varieties
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              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
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