rubble in the PONS Dictionary

rubble Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to reduce sth to rubble/ashes
разрушавам напълно/превръщам в пепел

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Soon after entering the tunnel, a powerful earthquake makes the train derail and partially destroys it, and blocks both sides of the tunnel with rubble.
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The building exterior is made of granite, killas rubble, brick and elvan.
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That building was torn down in 1963, but the gargoyle was found, intact, amongst the rubble, and was saved as an unofficial mascot.
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A section of the building's north wall collapsed, followed by the front wall, leaving most of the 100-year-old structure in rubble.
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Approximately 60 people worked in the factory, and around a dozen were trapped in the rubble.
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A bulldozer moves in to clear the rubble.
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They nevertheless negotiate the area trouserlessly as if it is still full of rusty girders and rubble, to the bemusement of passing city workers.
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Either way, this suggests a loose rubble pile structure.
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Much of the city was quickly turned to rubble, although some factories continued production while workers joined in the fighting.
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The old east tunnel was filled in with rubble from construction of the new tunnels.
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