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rubble

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Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash.

A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock.

The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.

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Aang is seen early in Avatar: The Last Airbender to have such a strong handle over his airbending that he reduces a large fiery projectile to rubble with a well-placed air kick. Source: Internet

A 4-year old boy, Mohammad N. Bangi was dug out alive with minor injuries from the rubble of the five-storied residential building which crashed on Monday evening, after 18 hrs by NDRF & and other rescue teams, in Maharashtra's Raigad on Aug 25, 2020. Source: Internet

A BOY is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China’s eastern Fujian province, which was used a coronavirus quarantine facility. Source: Internet

According to Mia, the ministry is setting up a Task Force to look into such matters and enforce the law as part of President Lazarus Chakwera's 'clear the rubble' policy. Source: Internet

After almost two years circling the ancient asteroid, OSIRIS-REx descended to the boulder-packed surface and snatched a handful of rubble on Tuesday. Source: Internet

A gas leak on August 25, 2019 is to blame for the massive explosion that reduced much of the building to rubble. Source: Internet

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