Remnants

Synonyms for "remnants" (27 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Adjective(2 words)
ancient remainsancient ruins
Noun(4 words)

Strong matches (8)

Adjective(1 words)
physical traces

Related words (13)

Noun(11 words)
remaining piecesremainsremains of the houseripped apartruinscrapssurvivalstracetrimmingsunbury remainswreckage
Determiner(2 words)
some remainthe remains

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architectural remnantsfood remnantsgeological remnantsremnants of civilizationremnants of the past

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During millennia of space exploration, human travellers found remnants and ruins of ancient alien civilizations. It was "Knock, knock, who's there?" but there was no answer...

Source: tatoeba (1468174)

Had any stranger passed by he would have wept also; for the whole flower garden was wrecked; naught remained but trampled mould and remnants of plants, with here and there some solitary flower that had escaped being crushed to pieces, and which with its colours yet gay and bright looked still beautiful, though fallen.

Source: tatoeba (6213369)

Pulsars are dense remnants of dead stars that regularly emit beams of radio waves, which is why some call them "cosmic lighthouses."

Source: tatoeba (6479021)

Soon the disenfranchised, downtrodden laymen started a full out uprising, seeking to tear out the remnants of their oppression.

Source: tatoeba (6907372)

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