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detritus

noun as in debris

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Perhaps Pappy fans are so insatiable that they even want the detritus of their favorite tot.

Among the garbage was the typical detritus of public gatherings: water bottles, soda cans, candy wrappers.

Crown emerges from the bedroom with a pair of flat black slacks, the cloudy detritus of afterbirth splayed across the seat.

Indeed, they are viewed both as carpet-bagging intruders and low-caste detritus.

Her fantastical accumulations of detritus and throwaway goods can seem to pack more whimsy than wallop.

Near the coast line the effect of the waves is continually to shove the detritus up the slopes of the continental shelf.

The agents which assist gravitation in bearing this detritus downward are many, but they all work together for the same end.

If by chance the detritus accumulates rapidly, the slope is steepened and the work of the torrent made more efficient.

Further study will reveal the fact that the difference is due to the lack of oxidation in the case of the glacial detritus.

Often they were found in backwaters and many times schools were taken over bottoms where mud and detritus had been deposited.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to detritus, such as: rubble, deposit, fragments, grains, leavings, and scree.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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