Collocations withdebris
These are words often used in combination withdebris.
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amount of debris
A considerable amount of debris is caused by dumping from ships at sea.
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burning debris
Burning debris from the explosion fell on fuel tanks at a nearby power station.
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cellular debris
After 24 hours, the conditioned medium was harvested, centrifuged to remove cellular debris and protein concentrations determined.
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debris field
She spacewalks to release the cables, succeeding just as the debris field completes its orbit and destroys the station.
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debris flow
Reworking of debris flow deposits by marine currents produced the rippled bed tops.
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debris removal
Debris removal reduced the number of species and increased the proportion of terrestrial species.
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falling debris
In addition to mortality, the incidence of height loss was examined because it could be a more sensitive indicator of water stress or breakage caused by falling debris.
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floating debris
The flying boat rode at anchor for some time, but was eventually damaged by floating debris and over-turned.
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flying debris
Those measures eliminated the risk of being blinded by the flash, and minimised the risk of injury from flying debris.
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leaf debris
It also prefers areas with plentiful leaf debris.
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marine debris
Of the 115 species of marine mammal, 47 are known to become entangled in or to ingest marine debris.
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metal debris
There is considerable amount of metal debris on the range, making the use of metal detectors to locate live ammunition impracticable.
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orbital debris
The windows also had many chips in them caused by micrometeoroids and orbital debris.
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piece of debris
One piece of debris which has accumulated round the argument is as to the severity of the sentences.
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plant debris
The addition of urban plant debris did not have a significant effect.
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radioactive debris
In the course of the flights air samples are collected to determine the concentration of radioactive debris introduced into the stratosphere by nuclear tests.
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scattered debris
The jet exploded upon impact, a geyser of brackish water and black smoke erupted from the site, and the scattered debris and fuel caught fire.
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tons of debris
Just in removing the barricades, 4,000 tons of debris and 200 vehicles, many of them buses, were removed.
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volcanic debris
There is no question that volcanic debris and sulfur were injected into the stratosphere.
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