Burden and Debris

Burden

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Debris and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Debris" with "Burden", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Debris noun - Discarded or useless material.

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Burden and debris are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Debris".

old	old burden	old debris
heavy	heavy burden	heavy debris
real	real burden	real debris
massive	massive burden	massive debris
Other adjectives: large, unique.

Turns out Ominas held one last fire spell back to burn away some of the debris when things were getting desperate, thus alleviating the burden on the rescue team.

Source: Video Game / Bravely Second
In one of SF Debris' reviews of an episode of a Star Trek: Voyager wherein Ancient Aliens "uplift" Native Americans, he points out the Unfortunate Implications of this trope as being similar to the concept of White Man's Burden, except with (white) aliens.

Source: Ancient Astronauts

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