Debris and Failure

Debris

Debris noun - Discarded or useless material.

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Failure and debris are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Debris".

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Debris and failure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Debris" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

regular	regular debris	regular failure
real	real debris	real failure
massive	massive debris	massive failure
inevitable	inevitable debris	inevitable failure
Other adjectives: random, impending, occasional, resulting.

It's considered foreign debris and can cause mechanical failure.

Source: Membership Token
While no reason was ever provided by Disney, it's generally accepted that the scene can be compared to victims of the World Trade Center collapse being trapped in debris begging for help before the structural failure took place.

Source: Too Soon / September Eleventh
Cryonics Failure: In the first minutes, the captain dies in their universe's version of cryo-sleep because some small meteorites crash through the ship, causing debris (more accurately, bolts bursting from the ship's interior) to perforate him while he's asleep.

Source: Film / Pitch Black

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