1
a
: broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
fortifications knocked into rubble—
C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester
b
: a miscellaneous confused mass or group of usually broken or worthless things
2
: waterworn or rough broken stones or bricks used in coarse masonry or in filling courses of walls
3
: rough stone as it comes from the quarry
Examples of rubble in a Sentence
Noun
Rescue workers managed to pull two injured people out of the rubble.
The earthquake reduced the whole town to rubble.
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Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
The semi-persistent changes in scenery also do a good job of highlighting the Switch 2's hardware, which doesn't seem to drop a single frame, even as the rubble flies and the ground's shape morphs under Donkey Kong's persistent punching.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Additionally, new occupants requiring more space would have built larger structures on top of the existing fort, packing rubble and clay between the walls and trapping any belongings left by the previous tenants, Frame said.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Only one passenger — sitting in seat 11A — was able to walk away from the burning rubble.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 11 July 2025
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Noun
The real heroes are the medics treating the wounded under rubble, the journalists livestreaming amidst bomb blasts, and the people who keep marching for their right to exist.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
The semi-persistent changes in scenery also do a good job of highlighting the Switch 2's hardware, which doesn't seem to drop a single frame, even as the rubble flies and the ground's shape morphs under Donkey Kong's persistent punching.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Additionally, new occupants requiring more space would have built larger structures on top of the existing fort, packing rubble and clay between the walls and trapping any belongings left by the previous tenants, Frame said.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Only one passenger — sitting in seat 11A — was able to walk away from the burning rubble.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 11 July 2025
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“Rubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rubble. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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