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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS

DETRITUS

RECENTLY ADDED WORDS IN THE NEWS:
Detritus
Decry
Tsunami
Nadir

DEFINITION:
A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"The title character WALL-E (for Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth Class) is a robotic, mobile trash compactor who scurries amid piles of industrial detritus cleaning up the mess left behind by humans long ago."
Baltimore Sun, July 20, 2008

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