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debris

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Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.(page 10) Brené Brown

The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive. John F. Kennedy

The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set, you feel the energy of a tornado. But the hardest thing is trying to get dialogue out in all of that. Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned. Andy Goldsworthy

Every last souvenir of the love we had, the prizes & the debris of this relationship, like the glitter in the gutter when the parade has passed, all the everything & whatnot kicked to the curb. Daniel Handler

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