Ashes and Scrap

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Ashes noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.

Usage example: a new and more splendid city was built on the ashes of the old

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Scrap and ashes are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scrap" instead a noun "Ashes".

Scrap noun - An unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value.

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Ashes and scrap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ashes" instead a noun "Scrap".

Nearby Words: scrape, scrappy, scraped, scrapped, scraping

Kindling Ashes: Giselle grew up in the streets and so she knows how to scrap, but against an older person with greater strength and experience, she escapes instead.

Source: Action Girl / Literature
Sometimes, though, things happen, and like it or not the the Scrap Heap Hero rises first from the ashes and then to the occasion, showing everybody just what they once did or could have done had things gone differently.

Source: Scrap Heap Hero

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