rubble

macerie, detriti

Pezzi di pietra, mattoni o altri materiali rimasti dopo un danneggiamento o una distruzione.

In inglese semplice: Broken pieces of stone, brick, or other material left when something is damaged or destroyed.

• The street was covered in rubble.
• Rescuers pulled a child from the rubble.
• Workers cleared piles of rubble after the demolition.

Sinonimi: debris, wreckage

Espressioni comuni: pile of rubble, clear the rubble, beneath the rubble

detrito roccioso

Strato di frammenti di roccia locale sotto terra trasportata e depositata dall’acqua.

In inglese semplice: A layer of broken local rock lying beneath soil carried there by water.

• The drill reached a layer of rubble.
• Rubble lay beneath the river deposits.
• The geologist examined rubble from the nearby bedrock.

Espressioni comuni: layer of rubble, buried rubble

frantumare, sgretolarsi

Rompere pietra o materiali simili in piccoli pezzi, oppure rompersi in questo modo.

In inglese semplice: To break something into small pieces of stone or similar material, or become such pieces.

• The blast rubbled the wall.
• Workers rubbled the old concrete foundation.
• The weakened stone rubbled under the hammer.

Sinonimi: break up, crumble

Espressioni comuni: rubble the wall, rubble the concrete