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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Wreckage
Wreckage noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.
Usage example: the wreckage of the cathedral was kept as a memorial and as a reminder of war's terrible cost
Ashes and wreckage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ashes" instead a noun "Wreckage".
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However, just as our heroes collapse into each other's arms in relief, the pile of flaming wreckage behind them starts to move, and the Terminator, now a skinless metal endoskeleton, rises from the ashes.
Source: Oh Crap / Film
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Wreckage and Ashes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ashes/wreckage
Ashes & Wreckage. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ashes/wreckage>.
Wreckage or Ashes. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ashes/wreckage.
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