spread wreckage
Frequency: 6.56.8 per million words
Similar to scatter, implying distribution over an area.
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Examples (10)
- The crash left wreckage spread over a wide area.
- After the explosion, debris and wreckage were spread across the entire street.
- Strong winds caused the storm's wreckage to spread for miles along the coastline.
- Investigators meticulously examined the wreckage spread across the mountain slope.
- The impact of the collision caused the car's wreckage to spread far beyond the initial crash site.
- Search teams are still finding wreckage spread throughout the dense forest.
- It will take weeks to clear all the wreckage that has spread across the town after the earthquake.
- Figuratively, the company's collapse spread financial wreckage throughout the industry.
- The floodwaters had spread wreckage and mud deep into the residential areas.
- Even small incidents can spread surprising amounts of wreckage if the forces involved are high.