Collocations for rubble - noun

brick, rock, stone | building

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

be reduced to
The school was reduced to rubble.

clear (away) | sift through
Police sifted through the rubble looking for clues.

amid/amidst/among/amongst the ~
She stood among the rubble left by the earthquake.

beneath/under the ~
Our car was buried somewhere under the rubble.

in the ~
Several people were trapped in the rubble.