The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RUINS
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More clues leading to the result RUINS
- One moves quickly outside decayed buildings
- Mars journeys must include one
- Remains, as grizzlies head off?
- Demolishes Freudianism on a regular basis
- Bears losing capital? Remains to be seen at Pont du Gard
- Manages to keep India’s spoils
- Mars revolves circling centre of ellipse
- Manages to take in island remains
- Broken pieces I dropped in streams
- Endlessly regretting system’s initial damages
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The straight part
We know that "Broken pieces" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case broken pieces = ruins.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RUINS mean?
RUINS noun- (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A fall or tumble.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- To cause the fiscal ruin of.
- To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- To fall into a state of decay.
- To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.