Ashes
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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Trash
Trash noun - Discarded or useless material.
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Both words in one sentence
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Combat Pragmatist: After being informed by Masato that he can't hurt him with sacred ashes, Jumonji throws him a trash can.
Source: Manga / RIN-NE -
The homeboy just lit some trash on fire, gave the ashes to the bereaved, and threw the bodies in a mass-grave in a nearby swamp.
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Nobody points out that he'd first had his servant drag a body that was already in the tomb from its rightful resting place, burn it in the stove piece by piece, and then throw the ashes out with the trash.
Source: Moral Myopia
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