aftermath
IPA: ˈæftɝmæθ
noun
- (obsolete, agriculture) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
- That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
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Examples of "aftermath" in Sentences
- The aftermath of the debate was swift.
- The aftermath of the fight was horrible.
- The aftermath to the city was devastating.
- A gang war erupts in the aftermath of the death.
- The aftermath of the war has gutted the country.
- The accord was signed in the aftermath of the war.
- The aftermath of the war was physical and distressed and emotional.
- In the aftermath of World War II, Super Race theories became unpalatable.
- The first disaster responded to was the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
- The political landscape had changed irreversibly in the aftermath of the war.
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