scattered pieces of waste material, rubbish, or remains, especially from something that has been destroyed or broken apart.
Workers cleared the debris from the road after the car crash.
The beach was littered with debris like plastic bottles and driftwood after the storm.
✦ Early 18th century: from French débris (noun), from the verb débriser ‘break into pieces’, from des- (expressing reversal) + briser ‘to break’.
