Collocations for "rubble"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rubble" in context.
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rubble
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- survivors [in, amongst, under] the rubble
- [pulled, hoisted, lifted] from the rubble
- [rescuers, volunteers] are searching among the rubble
- [residents, passengers, locals] emerged from the rubble
- work on [clearing, removing] the rubble (from)
- [dozens, scores, hundreds] are trapped under the rubble
- the rubble from the [missiles, earthquake, floods]
- the rubble of [destroyed, ruined, collapsed] buildings
- reduced the [town, area, building] to rubble
- the [town] was reduced to rubble [by, when]
- rubble caused by [bombs, missiles]
- a [tower, property, house] built of stone rubble
'rubble' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):