She was hit by flying debris from the blast.debrisdeb‧ris /ˈdebriː, ˈdeɪ- $ dəˈbriː, deɪ-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
She was hit by flying debris from the blast.2technical pieces of waste material, paper etcplant/garden/industrial etc debris Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris.
WORD ORIGINdebris
Origin:
1700-1800 French débris, from Old French debriser ‘to break in pieces’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The beach was littered with debris.
- And arrowheads and other debris excavated from the ruins indicate that Qumran, too, opposed the Romans by force of arms.
- Flaps were to be left in the down position to facilitate the removal of mud and other debris prior to their retraction.
- Fragments of building debris can form a large part of the total number of finds from a site.
- Like a widening conveyer belt it scraped away more and more of the hillsides and carried off the debris.
- Men on board pulled the wounded and the mangled bodies of the dead from beneath collapsed debris.
- Wheels spun free and shredded carbon-fibre debris from disintegrating front wings flew in all directions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She was hit by flying debris from the blast. Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc: She was hit by flying debris from the blast. Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris.· Roses between thorns: the lock cottage at Witton surrounded by industrial premises and debris.· Jobs, both temporary and permanent, have been created from industrial debris.
· And arrowheads and other debris excavated from the ruins indicate that Qumran, too, opposed the Romans by force of arms.· However it was to no avail: the Orcs swarmed across the river floating on broken timber beams and other debris.· All of these types of gravel must be washed very thoroughly as they often contain lots of dust or other debris.· Flaps were to be left in the down position to facilitate the removal of mud and other debris prior to their retraction.· Clear leaves and other debris from the sward.
NOUN· Get the Tidi Noir, a light, plastic bag, for garden debris.
· Slugs and snails Soft-bodied, voracious molluscs that often shelter by day beneath leaves and plant debris, and feed at night.· And always remove old plant debris.
VERB· She continued to talk, even after they'd cleared away the debris of their lunch and resumed work.· Employees already had cleared the bridges of debris, and only one bridge crossing was under water Monday.· In the hall a few sleepy serfs cleared away the debris left from the evening meal.· In Dianetics, a workmanlike job of clearing away the debris in and around the machine is performed.· You have to clear away the debris.· Stretcher-bearers were trying to clear the debris to get to the wounded men.· Other species seem to clear away this debris more easily.
· In the living room I found the usual debris.· Earlier in the day, they found more gruesome debris.
· Also, the order in which the individual loads of dynamite were detonated determined the principal direction for the flying debris.
· It has reverse action which is basically used for removing debris and jammed drill bits.· And always remove old plant debris.· Use a vacuum cleaner to remove debris from between the key caps and clean them with a suitable solution.· At the same time remove any excess debris that has accumulated on the pond bottom.· Many helped firemen remove debris and others were ferrying the injured to hospitals.· Ventilation ducts are cleaned to remove dust and debris, birds and insects.· And remove debris in the pond base - both are jobs to do when the weather is warm.· It is a surgical steel scraper that removes oral debris in a couple of strokes.
She was hit by flying debris from the blast.2technical pieces of waste material, paper etcplant/garden/industrial etc debris Clean the ventilation ducts to remove dust and insect debris.