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tons of debris

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meanings of tonand debris


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ton
noun[C]
uk /tʌn/ us /tʌn/
a unit of weight equal to ...
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debris
noun[U]
uk /ˈdeb.riː/ us /dəˈbriː/
broken or torn pieces of ...
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Examples of tons of debris


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Just in removing the barricades, 4,000 tons of debris and 200 vehicles, many of them buses, were removed.
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One need not have much imagination to realise the sufferings of those people who were alive and buried under those tons of debris.
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Many of the victims are buried, either dead or alive, in basements or cellars under many tons of debris.
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The explosions blew large holes in the remaining thickness of the roof and brought down around 1,000 tons of debris into the chamber below.
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The city stabilized the old structures from the abandoned plant, cleared tons of debris, and constructed other park facilities.
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Four hundred tons of debris were carted off.
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He was shown shrugging off the impact of twenty tons of debris.
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Some fell to their deaths when floors collapsed, notably the second floor, and buried them in the basement under tons of debris.
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For several days after the building's demolition, trucks hauled 800 tons of debris a day away from the site.
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Had this collapse occurred, they would have been buried under many tons of debris.
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In just two years the teams removed approximately 299 tons of debris from the ancient water system.
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Two hundred fifty tons of debris fell within of the launch pad.
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