No. 613 in Turkish
enkaz
Debris or rubble, typically from a collapsed structure.
In a sentence
Enkaz altında kalan insanları kurtarmak için ekipler çalışıyor.
Teams are working to rescue people trapped under the rubble.
Here, 'enkaz' refers to the physical debris left after a destructive event, such as a building collapse.
Savaş sonrası şehir, bir enkaza dönmüştü.
After the war, the city had turned into ruins.
In this sentence, 'enkaz' is used metaphorically to describe something that has been completely destroyed or ruined.
Hayallerim, gerçeği gördüğümde adeta bir enkaza dönüştü.
My dreams turned into ruins when I faced reality.
'Enkaz' here figuratively represents the shattered remains of something once hoped for, used metaphorically to express emotional devastation.
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