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maceria

rubble

noun mah-CHEH-ryah Rare
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Origin: Latin maceria (wall, enclosure)

Also means

debris

Usage Note

Maceria most commonly appears in the plural macerie, which is used to describe the ruins or rubble left after demolition, an earthquake, or a bombardment — tra le macerie ('amid the rubble'). The singular maceria can also mean a dry-stone wall in agricultural Italian. The plural form macerie is far more frequent.

Examples

"I soccorritori cercavano tra le macerie."

Natural Translation

The rescuers searched through the rubble.

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