1
a
: broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
fortifications knocked into rubble—
C. S. Forester
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
Examples of rubble in a Sentence
Noun
Rescue workers managed to pull two injured people out of the rubble.
The earthquake reduced the whole town to rubble.
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Layla didn’t want friends or neighbors to send her pictures of the rubble.
—Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Those that have returned have been shocked by the devastation: their houses and belongings were mostly reduced to rubble and the signs of a humanitarian crisis are apparent on every corner.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Some of them are pure awful, but others have discernible hints of genius lost amidst all the narrative rubble and CGI noise.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Command centers and weapons storage facilities, once the backbone of its operational capabilities, have been reduced to rubble.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Layla didn’t want friends or neighbors to send her pictures of the rubble.
—Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Those that have returned have been shocked by the devastation: their houses and belongings were mostly reduced to rubble and the signs of a humanitarian crisis are apparent on every corner.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Some of them are pure awful, but others have discernible hints of genius lost amidst all the narrative rubble and CGI noise.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubble. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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