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Collocations for rubble - noun

ADJECTIVE

building (esp. BrE)

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… OF RUBBLE

heap, pile
What was once a house was now a crumbling heap of rubble.

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VERB + rubble

be reduced to
The school was reduced to rubble.
clear, clear away
search, search through, sift through
Rescue workers are searching the rubble for survivors.
Police sifted through the rubble looking for clues.

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PREPOSITION

amid the rubble, among the rubble
She stood among the rubble left by the earthquake.
beneath the rubble, under the rubble
Our car was buried somewhere under the rubble.
in the rubble
Several people were trapped in the rubble.

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