English-Spanish translations for rubble

escombrosGran parte del Líbano ha quedado reducida a escombros. It has reduced much of Lebanon to rubble. ¿Por qué se ha retirado solo el 5 % de los escombros? Why has only 5% of the rubble been taken away? Lo primero que hay que hacer después de un terremoto es quitar los escombros. When an earthquake happens, the first thing you need to do is to clear the rubble.

The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry
A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock
The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc

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