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pile of rubble

collocation in English

meanings of pileand rubble


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pile
noun
uk /paɪl/ us /paɪl/
objects positioned one on top ...
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rubble
noun[U]
uk /ˈrʌb.əl/ us /ˈrʌb.əl/
the piles of broken stone and bricks, etc. that are left when a building falls down or ...
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Examples of pile of rubble


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Breaking through this wall, the excavators found a large pileofrubble fallen from the bedrock ceiling of the tomb.
The large pileofrubble on the west side of the barracks is to be sold as soon as possible.
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A photograph of that hospital was subsequently produced which showed it to be a pileofrubble.
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Speculators are quite happy to convert our heritage into a pileofrubble by using their bulldozers as vehicles for ill-gotten gains.
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Where it was possible—it is not easily possible in the middle of a pileofrubble—the travellers were houseproud and tidy and clearly took care of the site.
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Essex road was left a pileofrubble, yet strangely, one wall survived and on that wall there was left hanging a picture, still in it usual place.
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The force of the blast caused the old building to collapse into a pileofrubble.
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When it got so close that it was moving the earth beneath her, she climbed onto the pileofrubble being pushed by the bulldozer...
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The only remaining portion of the building is a pileofrubble.
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Some items have a use and some are completely useless, such as the pile of entrails and the pileofrubble.
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It is a pileofrubble held together by volcanic ash and sand.
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It is as if you took a pileofrubble and pushed up against a wall.
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Over the course of time, shops were built in the courtyard and the synagogue was left desolate, in a pileofrubble.
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Two young men were pinned under a pileofrubble with a car stove full of glowing coals hanging over them.
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Today only a pileofrubble remains, reaching a height of about 10 m.
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The weaner cabin is no longer standing, although a pileofrubble remains from its foundation.
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Very few if any records were kept and several people have since desecrated the graveyard by reducing the graves themselves to a pileofrubble.
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Only the stables remain, as the current estate offices, and a large pileofrubble.
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In late 2006, the site was empty and flat except for a large pileofrubble in one part of the site.
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